trample
trample
/ˈtræmpl/
trample somebody/something
People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit.
He was trampled to death by a runaway horse.
trample somebody/something down
The campers had trampled the corn down.
trample on/over something
Don't trample on the flowers!
Police officers had been trampling all over the ground.
Collocations
adverb
preposition
on
over
phrases
be trampled to death
2 intransitive trample (on/over) somebody/something to ignore somebody’s feelings or rights and treat them as if they are not important The government is trampling on the views of ordinary people.
She would not let him trample over her any longer.
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘tread heavily’): frequentative of tramp.
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