tread/step on sb's toes
Definition
› If you tread/step on someone's toes, you say or do something that upsets or annoys them, especially by involving yourself in matters that are their responsibility.Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
(Definition of tread/step on sb's toes from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggravate verb (ANNOY)
- alienate verb (LOSE SUPPORT)
- anger verb
- annoy verb
- annoyance noun
- fuss verb (MAKE NERVOUS/ANGRY)
- get a rise out of idiom
- get in sb's hair idiom
- get on sb's tits idiom
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- importune verb
- make (sb's) hackles rise idiom
- make mischief idiom
- make sb's blood boil idiom
- nettle verb
- nuisance noun
- turn sb's stomach idiom
- vex verb
- wind sb up phrasal verb (ANNOY)
- won't thank you for doing sth idiom
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