tread into
Frequency: 5.63.8 per million words
to press something into a surface by stepping on it
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Examples (10)
- Some cake crumbs had been trodden into the carpet.
- He accidentally trod the mud into the expensive rug.
- Don't tread the snow into the house!
- The children had trodden dirt into the floorboards after playing outside.
- She realized she had trodden a piece of gum into the mat.
- The workers trod the gravel into the soft soil to create a path.
- Small stones were trodden into the linoleum.
- If you aren't careful, you'll tread those glass shards into the wood.
- The dog's muddy paws had trodden paw prints into the clean white tiles.
- Be careful not to tread any of that spilled paint into the floor.