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on tiptoe in British Englisha. on the tips of the toes or on the ball of the foot and the toes b. eagerly anticipating something c. stealthily or silently See full dictionary entry for tiptoeon tiptoe in American English 1. on one's toes and the balls of one's feet See full dictionary entry for tiptoe Examples of 'on tiptoe' in a sentenceon tiptoe Walking almost on tiptoe, they crept into the sitting-room.Thinking that the noise from the street would wake her, I made my way over on tiptoe to the window to close it.The Countess stood on tiptoe to see above the heads of the waiting crowd.She stepped, on tiptoe, out of the underwear, which remained curled on the beige carpet like an infinity symbol. Chinese translation of 'on tiptoe' -
踮着(著)脚(腳)走 (diǎnzhe jiǎo zǒu)
See tiptoe - on the whole
- on the/sb's agenda
- on time
- on tiptoe
- on top of
- on trial
- on Tuesday
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