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tread on someone's toes or corns, to offend or irritate someone. ... In addition to the idioms beginning with tread, also see fools rush in where angels fear to tread; step (tread) on one's toes. ... tread on toes...
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step or tread on (someone's) toes, to offend (a person); encroach on the territory or sphere of responsibility of (another): The new employee stepped on a lot of toes when he suggested reorganizing the office. ... on one's toes, energetic; alert; ready: The spirited competition kept them on their toes.
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; [step on one's toes] or [tread on one's toes] {v. phr.} ... tread on the toes of; [tread on the toes of] or [tread on one's toes] See: STEP ON THE TOES ... ... toe; [toe] See: CURL ONE'S HAIR or CURL ONE'S TOES, ON ONE'S TOES, STEP ON THE ...
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Incorrect. (4) An insect's way of moving. The crawling of insects. (5) Six toes on one foot--one toe too many. [Credit] acm ... [Radical] 157 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 8DCB [Pinyin] ba2 bei4 [Korean] bal [Japanese] hatsu batsu [Definition](1) To step, tread. (2) Go over, cross over, step over.
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toe use in phrases and idioms. Idioms with toe. toe in expressions. Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. ... Fig. alert. (*Typically: be ~; keep ~; keep one ~; stay ~.) You have to be on your toes if you want to be in this business. I have to stay on my toes to keep from getting fired. ... step/tread on somebody's toes...
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Fig. alert. (*Typically: be ~; keep ~; keep one ~; stay ~.) You have to be on your toes if you want to be in this business. I have to stay on my toes to keep from getting fired. ... step/tread on somebody's toes...
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I've had a lot of one step up, three miles back moments, but I'm living with it. I had a handyman come out yesterday to address the book problem (i.e. where the hell to put all of them) and I wasn't really thrilled with his solution, so again, one step up and a giant leap backwards.
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2 a : to set foot <has gone where others fear to tread> b : to put one's foot : STEP <carelessly treading on the flowers>; 3 : COPULATE; - tread·er noun; - tread on one's toes : to give offense (as by encroaching on one's rights or feelings) ;
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PLoS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world. ... Included in The Paleontology Collection - PLoS ONE...
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keep on one's toes ... make one's toes curl ... step/tread on (someone`s) toes...
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