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noun | verb toetoe1 /toʊ/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYtoe1Origin: Old English ta ► big toe I hurt my big toe (=the largest of your toes) kicking the door. ► stood on ... toes We stood on our toes (=stood on the ends of our toes) to get a better view of the parade. 1 science, biology one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot: She wiggled her toes in the water. I hurt my big toe (=the largest of your toes) kicking the door. We stood on our toes (=stood on the ends of our toes) to get a better view of the parade. → see also stub your toe at stub22the part of a shoe or sock that covers the front part of your foot3keep somebody on his/her toes to make sure that someone is ready for anything that might happen: Frequent tests keep students on their toes.4make somebody’s toes curl to make someone feel very embarrassed or uncomfortable about something5touch your toes to bend down so that your hands touch your toes6put/stick/dip your toe in the water to try a little of something or try an activity for a short time to see if you like it [Origin: Old English ta] → see also from head to toe at head1 (7), step on somebody’s toes at step2 (3), tiptoe1, -toed, toe-to-toe noun | verb toetoe2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtoe |
Present | I, you, we, they | toe | | he, she, it | toes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | toed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have toed | | he, she, it | has toed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had toed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will toe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have toed |
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Present | I | am toeing | | he, she, it | is toeing | | you, we, they | are toeing | Past | I, he, she, it | was toeing | | you, we, they | were toeing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been toeing | | he, she, it | has been toeing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been toeing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be toeing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been toeing |
toe the line to do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not |