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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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April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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