Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To adulterate (a drug) for the purpose of increasing its bulk, and therefore the profit when sold; to dilute, cut.

  2. (transitive)To oppress or mistreat (a person).

  3. (transitive)To interrupt, overpower, or override (another transmission on the same frequency) with one's own transmission.

  4. (dated, intransitive)To approach as to confront or fight.

    He stepped on to the vicious man.

  5. (slang, transitive)To intrude on someone else's turf or portfolio.

    They're stepping on our operations.

  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, on.

    He stepped on a rock.

More definitions
  • place or press the foot on

Examples

237 sentences
  1. Don't step on the broken glass.

    Не наступайте на розбите скло. — iceman

    ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло. — nami

    deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. She apologized to me for stepping on my foot.

    Вона вибачилася за те, що наступила мені на ногу. — sadxaka

    ruОна извинилась за то, что наступила мне на ногу. — Hellerick

  3. Tom stepped on his glasses.

    Том наступив на свої окуляри. — deniko

    ruТом наступил на свои очки. — Wezel

  4. Someone stepped on my foot.

    Хтось мені наступив на ногу. — deniko

    ruМне кто-то на ногу наступил. — marafon

  5. I've really got to step on it.

Forms

steps on, stepping on, stepped on, stepped on
Base formstep on · to step on
3rd person singularsteps on
Present participlestepping on
Past simplestepped on
Past participlestepped on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystep on
he, she, itsteps on

Past simpleLesson

all personsstepped on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stepped on
he, she, ithas stepped on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill step on

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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