tread in
Frequency: 5.84.4 per million words
to step in something unpleasant, like mud or a puddle
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Examples (10)
- Billy trod in a big puddle.
- Watch where you're walking so you don't tread in any mud.
- I accidentally trod in some dog mess on the way home.
- She was annoyed because she had just trodden in a sticky patch of gum.
- Be careful not to tread in the wet concrete.
- The children kept treading in the spilled juice and making the floor sticky.
- He realized he had trodden in a pile of wet leaves that hid a hole.
- If you tread in that oil, you will ruin your new shoes.
- I think I trod in something dirty in the garden.
- Look out! You're about to tread in that slushy snow.