walk all over something

walk all over something
walk all over (someone/something) 1. to treat someone or something without respect.

You shouldn't let him walk all over you like that.

This new law would walk all over our civil rights.

2. to defeat a person or team badly.

The Nighthawks walked all over the Tigers last night with a 5—0 victory.


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  • walk all over someone — walk all over (someone/something) 1. to treat someone or something without respect. You shouldn t let him walk all over you like that. This new law would walk all over our civil rights. 2. to defeat a person or team badly. The Nighthawks walked… …   New idioms dictionary

  • walk all over — (someone/something) 1. to treat someone or something without respect. You shouldn t let him walk all over you like that. This new law would walk all over our civil rights. 2. to defeat a person or team badly. The Nighthawks walked all over the… …   New idioms dictionary

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  • walk — walk1 [ wɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 move with feet ▸ 2 go with someone on foot ▸ 3 give pet exercise ▸ 4 move heavy object ▸ 5 leave job permanently ▸ 6 disappear or be stolen ▸ 7 be freed in legal trial ▸ 8 in baseball ▸ 9 travel in basketball ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • walk — 1 verb 1 MOVE ALONG (I) to move along putting one foot in front of the other: We must have walked ten miles today. (+ along/around/up etc): How long does it take to walk into town? | walk down the street | walk back/home: Marcus and I walked back …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • walk — walk1 W1S1 [wo:k US wo:k] v 1.) [I and T] to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other ▪ How did you get here? We walked. ▪ Doctors said he d never walk again. walk into/down/up etc ▪ Carrie walked into the room and sat down in her… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • walk over — verb beat easily The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship • Derivationally related forms: ↑walkover • Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat out, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑trounce, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once. b progress with similar movements (walked on his hands). c go with the gait usual except when …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk — /wɔk / (say wawk) verb (i) 1. to go or travel on foot at a moderate pace; to proceed by steps, or by advancing the feet in turn, at a moderate pace (in bipedal locomotion, so that there is always one foot on the ground, and in quadrupedal… …  

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