step on

v : place or press the foot on; "He stepped on the hem of her

long gown" [syn: {tread on}]

stomp on

To inadvertently overwrite something important, usually

automatically. "All the work I did this weekend got stomped

on last night by the nightly server script." Compare

{scribble}, {mangle}, {trash}, {scrog}, {roach}.

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