walk all over

walk all over
1) (smb) - take advantage of someone, win a game easily

They walked all over the other team at the football tournament.

2) (smb) - make someone do whatever one wishes, make selfish use of

He tried to walk all over me when I began the job but after I became used to the company he stopped.


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  • 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

  • Walk All Over Me — est un film canadien réalisé par Robert Cuffley, sorti en 2007. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Lien externe …   Wikipédia en Français

  • walk\ all\ over — • walk (all) over • step all over v. phr. informal To make (someone) do whatever you wish; make selfish use of; treat like a slave; impose upon. Jill is so friendly and helpful that people walk all over her. We wanted the man s business, so we… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • walk all over sb — INFORMAL ► to treat someone badly: »The unions accused management of walking all over their staff. Main Entry: ↑walk …   Financial and business terms

  • walk (all) over — informal treat in an inconsiderate or exploitative manner. ↘defeat easily. → walk …   English new terms dictionary

  • walk all over — ► walk (all) over informal 1) treat in a thoughtless and exploitative manner. 2) defeat easily. Main Entry: ↑walk …   English terms dictionary

  • Walk All Over Me — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Walk All Over Me Produktionsland Kanada …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Walk All Over Me — Infobox Film name = Walk All Over Me image size = caption = Left to right: Lothaire Bluteau, Carolyn McMaster, Jacob Tierney, Michael Eklund, Robert Cuffley, and Tricia Helfer (CIFF 2007) director = Robert Cuffley producer = Carolyn McMaster… …   Wikipedia

  • walk all over — phrasal see walk over I * * * informal treat in a thoughtless, disrespectful, and exploitative manner they thought they could come in and walk all over us ■ defeat easily …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk all over — informal 1) be firm or he ll walk all over you Syn: take advantage of, impose on, exploit, use, abuse, misuse, manipulate, take liberties with; informal take for a ride, run rings around 2) we walked all over the home team See trounce …   Thesaurus of popular words

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