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Значение идиомы step on one’s toes
[step on one’s toes] or [tread on one’s toes] {v. phr.} To dosomething that embarrasses or offends someone else.
If you break inwhen other people are talking, you may step on their toes.
Mary ispretty, and she often treads on the toes of the girls by stealingtheir boyfriend.
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