walk all over

Idioms  

1. Also, walk over. Treat contemptuously, be overbearing and inconsiderate to, as in I don't know why she puts up with the way he walks all over her or Don't let those aggressive people in sales walk over you. This idiom transfers physically treading on someone to trampling on one's feelings. [Second half of 1800s]

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walk all over

Take an absolutely exultant R&B track, then let a cat walk all over the punch-in triggers on the mix console.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

"We don't take enough pride and credit our own artisans, allowing others to walk all over it," Ms Vasudev says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025

“Hopefully people are recognizing that you can’t just walk all over us.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023

She's a bit of a pushover, lets people walk all over her.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022

“Well, Ruthie, you’ve made it this far. Now you’ll have to learn to walk all over again, like a baby.”

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

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