0 past simple and past participle of trample
1 to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury:
2 to act without any respect for someone or something:
She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen.
He argues that Congress trampled the constitutional rights of legal immigrants in the new welfare reform law.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.