tread lightly

phrase

: to proceed carefully

If you're thinking about asking for a raise, I advise you to tread lightly.

Examples of tread lightly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mercury still has a few more tricks up its sleeve, so tread lightly and go with the flow. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 26 July 2026

That's totally fine too, just tread lightly though. — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026

College basketball isn’t broken simply because elite freshmen tread lightly into their futures. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026

Now tread lightly on the pedal. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for tread lightly

• forthrightly
• fortnightly
• politely
• unsightly
• uprightly
• brightly
• knightly
• nightly
• rightly
• sightly
• slightly
• sprightly