stomp on

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

stomp on

   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}.

   [{Jargon File}]

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