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idiomstep on sb's toes(also tread on sb's toes BrE)to offend or annoy someone, especially by criticizing their work, or doing work that they think they are responsible for:Fernandez admits that since becoming Chancellor he has stepped on a few toes with his direct style.I don't want to tread on anybody's toes, but I'm going to have to rewrite this report.As head of Columbia Studios in Hollywood, Puttnam trod very hard on some very big toes in his attempts to reorganize the structure of film production.
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