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to step on (something) and break it

arch of the foot; plantar arch

Idiomatic expression

to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; to step on a tiger's tail

to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to stamp through

to walk (all the way) across; to traverse (on foot); to travel through; to hike across

to hold out (against); to hold one's ground; to stand firm; to endure

dance of death; danse macabre

to default on one's debt

to lose one's way; to go astray

one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go

standstill

to tramp; to hike

Colloquial

flooring the gas pedal; pedal to the metal

The Flea Waltz (piano piece); Der Flohwalzer; Chopsticks

Sumo

to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring

to visit repeatedly (to make a request)

to walk back and forth in front of a shrine, praying a hundred times

to misstep; to stray

to change, e.g. step

butoh; style of contemporary Japanese dance featuring dancers in white paint

Finance

short squeeze; loss-cutting of short positions

Idiomatic expression; Slang

to commit a crime

to be advantageous; to be a favorite (to win)

transcendentalism (literary style); Parnassianism

Idiomatic expression

extremely robust; strong enough for an elephant to step on