stomp on
phrasal verb
stomped on; stomping on; stomps on
: to step on (something or someone) very forcefully
He stomped on the bug.
I stomped on the brakes.
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Dragon Lee jumped ridiculously high for a stomp on El Grande Americano.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
His video shows the worker being punched and stomped on as others attempted to intervene.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
The death penalty is part of it, but stomping on civil rights is at the heart of it — ruthlessly exploiting anxiety about crime to aim repression at whatever displeases him, from immigration protesters to murderers.
—Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
The short clip shows the pup, named Millie, inquisitive about a large ant on the carpet before deliberately stomping on it, and then performing the most unexpected of follow-up actions—eating it.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
His video shows the worker being punched and stomped on as others attempted to intervene.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
The death penalty is part of it, but stomping on civil rights is at the heart of it — ruthlessly exploiting anxiety about crime to aim repression at whatever displeases him, from immigration protesters to murderers.
—Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
The short clip shows the pup, named Millie, inquisitive about a large ant on the carpet before deliberately stomping on it, and then performing the most unexpected of follow-up actions—eating it.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stomp on
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“Stomp on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stomp%20on. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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