step on

step on
 v. phr.— «Heroin often is white powder heroin, which in many cases has been “stepped on,”” or cut, so many times that the “high” is weak.…“Black tar” heroin…not surprisingly looks like black tar and is harder to “step on.”» —“Huntington’s Heroin Habit” by Tony Seaton Huntington News (West Virginia) Jan. 25, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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