walk all over sb

Definition

› to treat someone very badly or defeat them very easily: If you don't want to work at the weekend, say so - don't let the boss walk all over you.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive

(Definition of walk all over sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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wakeful adjective
waken verb
wakey-wakey exclamation
waking adjective
waking noun
walk all over sb idiom
walk away phrasal verb (ACCIDENT)
walk away phrasal verb (DIFFICULT SITUATION)
walk away with sth phrasal verb
walk in on sb phrasal verb
walk into sth phrasal verb

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SMART Thesaurus: Treating people or animals badly

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
toy with sb/sth phrasal verb
trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
treat sb like dirt idiom
trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
tyrannical adjective

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