walk all over
walk all over — idiom
1. to dominate or take advantage of someone by ignoring their feelings, needs, or r
to dominate or take advantage of someone by ignoring their feelings, needs, or rights, often forcing them to accept your demands; or to defeat another person or team completely and with no difficulty in a competition or argument
A new manager walked all over the junior staff, giving them the worst tasks and ignoring their ideas.
walk all over + person (workplace domination)
If you always agree to help, people will soon walk all over you.
advice structure: 'people will walk all over you'
Our school basketball team walked all over the visitors, winning by more than sixty points.
Henrik walked all over his opponent during the debate, answering every question with ease.
Tamar refused to let her landlord walk all over her and demanded fair contract terms.
- push around
equally informal; focuses on bullying or bossing someone
- take advantage of
more neutral register; can apply to situations (not just people)
- trounce
used only for defeat in games, competitions, or arguments; slightly dated
- stand up to
the opposite action — refusing to be dominated
- respect
opposite of the 'treat badly' meaning
文法句型
walk all over + person / team / opponent
passive: get walked all over / be walked all over
imperative: don't let [someone] walk all over you
用法筆記
Always takes an object — the person or group that is being dominated or defeated. Commonly used in advice or warning sentences such as 'Don't let them walk all over you.' The passive form (get walked all over / be walked all over) is also frequent in spoken English.