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step on

v. place or press the foot on; "He stepped on the hem of her long gown" [syn: tread on]

Usage examples of "step on".

I kept moving, trying not to step on the flailing laces of my remaining shoe, and ducked into an adjoining room.

Knee-length and paper-thin, they were nonetheless unpenetrable even if the boys should step on one of the needle-sharp ground thorns.

This time Claire managed not to step on the line, and she smiled triumphantly at her sister.