Stomp on

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stomp on

Usage: vt.

See Also: scribble, mangle, trash, scrog, roach

stomp on: vt.

To inadvertently overwrite something important, usually automatically. "All the work I did this weekend got stomped on last night by the nightly server script." Compare scribble, mangle, trash, scrog, roach.

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Source: stomp on, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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