What does tread carefully mean?

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tread carefully

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

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treads carefully (present, singular) treading carefully (participle, present) trod carefully (past) trodden carefully (participle, past)

What does tread carefully mean?: To exercise precaution; to be careful with regards to the situation; to tread lightly.

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