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   tiptoe

   /ˈtɪptəʊ/

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   • 1. walk quietly and carefully with one's heels raised and one's weight on the balls of the feet: "Liz tiptoed out of the room"
   • ▪ carefully avoid discussing or dealing with (a difficult or sensitive subject): "he admits he has never been one to tiptoe around controversial issues"

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   What does Tiptoe mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! TIPTOE definition: 1. on your toes with the heel of your foot lifted off the ground: 2. to walk on your toes with the…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean if you tip-toe somewhere?

   • If you tiptoe somewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk. She slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window. If you tip-toe somewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk. She slipped out of bed and tip-toed to the window.

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   What does it mean to walk on a tiptoe?

   • If you do something on tiptoe or on tiptoes, you do it standing or walking on the front part of your foot, without putting your heels on the ground. She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is a tiptoe in yoga?

   • Other forms: tiptoed; tiptoeing; tiptoes; tiptoing To tiptoe is to walk with your weight on your toes, moving quietly. If you're late to your yoga class and everyone's lying still with their eyes closed, you may want to tiptoe to your mat.

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   Tiptoe is a noun or verb that means walking on your toes with the heel off the ground, especially to be quiet. Learn how to use tiptoe in sentences, see synonyms and translations, and explore related words and phrases.

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   Tiptoe is a noun or verb that means to walk on your toes with the heel of your foot lifted off the ground. Learn how to use it in sentences, synonyms, antonyms and translations.

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   To tiptoe is to walk with your weight on your toes, moving quietly. If you're late to your yoga class and everyone's lying still with their eyes closed, you may want to tiptoe to your mat. You can also use tiptoe as a noun or an adjective: "She had to stand on her tiptoes to reach the cabinet where the cookies are kept." Figuratively, you ...

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   Tiptoe means to walk or move quietly on one's toes, or to be eagerly anticipating something. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, with synonyms, translations and idioms.

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   1. to walk with the heels off the ground and the weight supported by the ball of the foot and the toes. 2. to walk silently or stealthily. noun. 3. See on tiptoe. adverb. 4.

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   Tiptoe is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb that refers to the tip or end of a toe, or to walk or stand on tiptoe. Learn the origin, idioms and examples of tiptoe from Dictionary.com.