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.

Examples of stomp on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At that point, Ouellette stomps on the gas and floors it and Ringquist appears to fall out of the truck, investigators said. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024 According to court records, the complex manager had surveillance footage showing a man, identified as Anthony Reynolds, aggressively stomping on the dog several times and hitting it three times with a large wine bottle. Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2024 Just three days earlier, on Friday, May 31, an 8-year-old girl was riding her bike in Estes Park when a female elk charged her from 60 yards away, chasing her down and stomping on her several times, CPW said last week in a separate press release. Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024 The animal attacked the girl by stomping on her several times. Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024 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 27 Jul. 2024.

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