stomp on sb/sth
mainly US — phrasal verb with stomp /stɒmp/
/stɑːmp/ verb Definition
› to step down hard on someone or something: I stomped on his toes and ran away.Hitting and beatingPunishing by causing pain › to treat someone or something badly, or to defeat them: This is another example of the big companies joining together to stomp on small businesses.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressiveWinning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of stomp on sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- grind the faces of the poor idiom
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- objectification noun
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
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