Meaning

1 senses

  1. To interfere with someone's role, as in a performance, by interfering with their scripted or intended speech.

    The person who introduced me stepped on my lines by giving a long summary, including all the good anecdotes.

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystep on someone's lines
he, she, itsteps on someone's lines

Past simpleLesson

all personsstepped on someone's lines

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stepped on someone's lines
he, she, ithas stepped on someone's lines

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill step on someone's lines

Word family

1 related words
Relatedupstage

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stenographerstenographystepA2stepchildstepdaughterstepfatherB2stepmom
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