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have the black ox tread on one's foot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
have the black- ox tread- on one's -foot
IPA
57
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have trouble come upon one; to experience sorrow or misfortune.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

has the black ox tread on one's foot (present, singular) having the black ox tread on one's foot (participle, present) had the black ox tread on one's foot (participle, past) had the black ox tread on one's foot (past)

Questions

What does have the black ox tread on one's foot mean?
To have trouble come upon one; to experience sorrow or misfortune.

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