Usually means: Proceed with caution and care.
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  1. tread lightly: Merriam-Webster
  2. tread lightly: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tread lightly: Wiktionary
  4. Tread Lightly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (tread lightly)

verb:  (idiomatic) To proceed carefully; especially, to seek to avoid causing offense.

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