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tiptoe
[tip-toh]
noun
the tip or end of a toe.
verb (used without object)
to move or go on tiptoe, as with caution or stealth.
She tiptoed out of the room.
adjective
characterized by standing or walking on tiptoe.
straining upward.
eagerly expectant.
cautious; stealthy.
adverb
eagerly or cautiously; on tiptoe.
tiptoe
/ ˈɪˌəʊ /
verb
to walk with the heels off the ground and the weight supported by the ball of the foot and the toes
to walk silently or stealthily
noun
on the tips of the toes or on the ball of the foot and the toes
eagerly anticipating something
stealthily or silently
adverb
on tiptoe
adjective
walking or standing on tiptoe
stealthy or silent
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Idioms and Phrases
on tiptoe,
on the tips of one's toes.
expectant; eager.
With Christmas coming, the children were on tiptoe.
stealthily; cautiously.
The concert had already begun, so he entered the back of the hall on tiptoe.
Example Sentences
But having tiptoed cautiously throughout its first year in office, the question is whether this government can convince those potential investors that the economic vision is real?
Tulleys Tulip Garden in Hatton, near Warwick, features more than 100 varieties of the flower with visitors able to tiptoe through them until 5 May.
Once I started verbalizing my need for alone time, and stopped tiptoeing around his feelings, I found that our relationship started to improve — both on vacations and in day-to-day life too.
Once Violet tiptoes through Palate’s disorienting entrance, she discovers a boozy adult oasis that’s posh and tasteful and yet somehow unctuously personality-free.
During the quietest scene, they tiptoe upstairs, put on in-ear monitors and tune their second set of instruments until the last second.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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