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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 tiptoe
- 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
Word History and Origins
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.
More idioms and phrases containing tiptoe
see on tiptoe .Example Sentences
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.
And so is director Marc Webb’s “Snow White,” even as it tiptoes into theaters like they’re full of mean and scary trees.
Now they were tiptoeing along the cutline for the conference tournament.
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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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