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Meanings of treads on in English

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Usage of treads on in English
1
Thy step will no longer spurn the earth that it treads on.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
2
If a man treads on it, it will turn and bite him.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
3
The knee is bent and the patient treads on his toes.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
4
A worm will turn on the foot which treads on it.
Fred Markham in Russia; Or, The Boy Travellers in the Land of th...
5
And as for Edward, I worship the ground he treads on.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
6
When a man treads on your toe, you are likely to know it.
Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them
7
Upon my soul, I worship the very ground she treads on!
Armadale
8
You will not see it run the day your brother treads on your heels.
A Happy Boy
9
A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation.
Essays — First Series
10
Sir, we worship the ground Miss Z. Dobson treads on.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
11
Another that she is a lady of fashion, and treads on cloth of gold.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
12
The only danger is that it treads on them.
BBC
13
He may be a first-class fellow, but when he treads on my corns I kick.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
14
And without caring twopence whose corns 'e treads on.
Australia Felix
15
She just treads on you as I'd tread on a worm that I didn't see.
Sun-Up, and Other Poems
16
I wish I was the ground she treads on!
Armadale
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