tread on

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to put a foot on something

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   tread on something

   Usage: On introduces the object under the foot; keep on before a personal pronoun.

   Be careful not to tread on the seedlings beside the path.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Be careful not to tread on the seedlings beside the path.

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