Step
Trample
Trample verb - To tread on heavily so as to crush or injure.
Usage example: Isabel looked out her window and beheld the neighbor's Labrador retriever trampling her begonias
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- There's a meme in Chile about the "Viejas Velociraptor" (Velociraptor Old Women), old and rude women who push, tackle, trample and step over everyone if that will let them grab a good seat in the Metro de Santiago (Santiago's subway network).
Source: Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior! -
This was more time-efficient than getting them to step over every square inch of the field, and more people-efficient than getting them to trample it arm-in-arm or generally close to one another.
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