stomp on
phrasal verb
stomped on; stomping on; stomps on
: to step on (something or someone) very forcefully
He stomped on the bug.
I stomped on the brakes.
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Aloy took out plate umpire Chuck Pack at the knees, then got up and stomped on the plate.
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Seth Rogen stars in The Studio as Matt Remick, the fool whose dreams will be stomped on throughout The Studio.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Eley and other local residents slipped past the police officers trying to quell tensions and grabbed a flag from the fleeing demonstrators, stomping on it and ultimately setting it aflame.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
David Dempsey, a man convicted of stomping on police officers' heads during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol building, was among those pardoned by President Donald Trump on Monday.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Seth Rogen stars in The Studio as Matt Remick, the fool whose dreams will be stomped on throughout The Studio.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Eley and other local residents slipped past the police officers trying to quell tensions and grabbed a flag from the fleeing demonstrators, stomping on it and ultimately setting it aflame.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
David Dempsey, a man convicted of stomping on police officers' heads during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol building, was among those pardoned by President Donald Trump on Monday.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Stomp on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stomp%20on. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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