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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Beam resisted and his colleagues allegedly stomped on his foot repeatedly and grabbed his genitals to subdue him.
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Startling video of the attack obtained by the Daily News shows one of the crooks turning back after rummaging through the cop’s pockets as the victim lay helplessly on the ground and stomping on his head.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
He was fined three times as a rookie for his on-the-field treatment of opponents, then suspended in 2011 after pushing Green Bay Packers’ guard Evan Dietrich-Smith’s head into the ground three times and stomping on his arm.
—Tobias Bass, New York Times, 12 July 2025
In January 2009, prosecutors and Ventura allege that a 39-year-old Combs had beaten and stomped on the then-22-year-old’s face so severely that Combs forced her to hide out at a hotel for a week until her injuries healed.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
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William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Startling video of the attack obtained by the Daily News shows one of the crooks turning back after rummaging through the cop’s pockets as the victim lay helplessly on the ground and stomping on his head.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
He was fined three times as a rookie for his on-the-field treatment of opponents, then suspended in 2011 after pushing Green Bay Packers’ guard Evan Dietrich-Smith’s head into the ground three times and stomping on his arm.
—Tobias Bass, New York Times, 12 July 2025
In January 2009, prosecutors and Ventura allege that a 39-year-old Combs had beaten and stomped on the then-22-year-old’s face so severely that Combs forced her to hide out at a hotel for a week until her injuries healed.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
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“Stomp on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stomp%20on. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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