tramp down

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Verb

tramp down - walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers"

walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

Translations

w>tramp down

vt sep → feststampfen, festtreten; corn, flowers etc → platt treten, niedertrampeln

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