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tread down

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Verb1.tread downtread down - walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers"
tramp down, trample
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
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vt sep → festtreten


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But care and suffering (and those have changed her) are devils, sir--secret, stealthy, undermining devils-- who tread down the brightest flowers in Eden, and do more havoc in a month than Time does in a year.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
They who strew the Eternal Path with the greatest amount of brimstone, and who most ruthlessly tread down the flowers and leaves that grow by the wayside, will be voted the most righteous; and they who enlarge with the greatest pertinacity on the difficulty of getting into heaven, will be considered by all true believers certain of going there: though it would be hard to say by what process of reasoning this conclusion is arrived at.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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