OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 60864

tread the boards

/ˌtɹɛd ðə ˈbɔːdz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pisar las tablas
To work as a theatre actor.
He seems to think that he's the greatest actor who's ever trod the boards.
How do I know she would have succeeded? She had never then trod the boards. Besides, what strikes you as so good in a village show, may be poor enough in a metropolitan theatre.
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