trample underfoot
Example Sentences
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The crackdown is supposed to wipe out the black market, but it may well trample underfoot the first fragile growth of free enterprise.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Moscow, Russian officialdom squealed like stuck imperialists, complained that the Albanians "trample underfoot the elementary standards of international law."
From Time Magazine Archive
I therefore protest, with deep indignation, in the name of humanity and the rights of men, which you will trample underfoot.
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre
And it was a thing to be fought down and crushed and conquered—a weakness that was well-nigh a foolishness—a folly such as stern men trample underfoot.
From The Rhodesian by Page, Gertrude
Genius has a right to be what it will—to trample underfoot, if it wishes, taste and morals and the whole of society.
From Musicians of To-Day by Blaiklock, Mary
