Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- On tiptoe.
- Figuratively, in a state of high expectation or eagerness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Examples
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Craigengelt rose, went a-tiptoe to the door, peeped out, shut it carefully, came back again, clapped his tarnished gold-laced hat on one side of his head, took his glass in one hand, and touching the hilt of his hanger with the other, named, “The King over the water.”
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He made hay of his hair after he said this, and he stood a-tiptoe.
Somebody's Luggage 2007
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She came up a-tiptoe and kissed his mouth, then hurried after Brianna, already at the edge of the clearing.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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She waited a moment, breathless for him to continue, a-tiptoe to hear him say the magic three words.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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She waited a moment, breathless for him to continue, a-tiptoe to hear him say the magic three words.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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She waited a moment, breathless for him to continue, a-tiptoe to hear him say the magic three words.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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She waited a moment, breathless for him to continue, a-tiptoe to hear him say the magic three words.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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She waited a moment, breathless for him to continue, a-tiptoe to hear him say the magic three words.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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And I've no doubt it did, to judge by the gasps and sobs and rhythmic pagoda tinklings which pursued me as I fled a-tiptoe for the archway.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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And I've no doubt it did, to judge by the gasps and sobs and rhythmic pagoda tinklings which pursued me as I fled a-tiptoe for the archway.
Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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