Idiom
tread on someone's toes
Meaning
To offend someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I try not to tread on anyone's toes at work.”
“She was careful not to tread on her manager's toes while suggesting changes to the project.”
“By unilaterally restructuring the department, he inadvertently trod on the toes of several senior colleagues who had spent years building the existing system.”
Examples
simple
“I try not to tread on anyone's toes at work.”
contextual
“She was careful not to tread on her manager's toes while suggesting changes to the project.”
complex
“By unilaterally restructuring the department, he inadvertently trod on the toes of several senior colleagues who had spent years building the existing system.”
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