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  • verb Present participle of tiptoe.

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Examples

  • Glancing in at the big chair he saw Polly just tiptoeing from the room.

    BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN 2010

  • Malone wondered how best to announce himself, and regretfully gave up the idea of tiptoeing up to the girl, placing his hands over her eyes, kissing the back of her neck and crying:

    Supermind Laurence M. Janifer 1967

  • HENDERSON: Yes, I mean that certainly seems like what she was kind of tiptoeing around.

    CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2009 2009

  • For the Giants, there's a little bit of pressure on Brandon Jacobs, who was criticized for "tiptoeing" last week by Tony Siragusa.

    Greg Hanlon: Giants - Chiefs Preview: Two Ends of the NFL Spectrum 2009

  • JARVIS: So it's a very strange kind of tiptoeing around Obama in this campaign.

    CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2008 2008

  • And I guess I'll have to say, how do you feel about that in terms of the kind of tiptoeing around the --

    Remarks By The President In Pbs Conversation On Race ITY National Archives 1998

  • Greenstalk drifted closer, "tiptoeing" off the ceiling with her tendrils.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • Aquino Jr. and served as Corzaon Aquino's executive secretary when she was president, has annoyed President Aquino by saying he's running the government "like a student council" and accusing him of "tiptoeing" to China.

    "MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader author unknown 2010

  • Aquino Jr. and served as Corzaon Aquino's executive secretary when she was president, has annoyed President Aquino by saying he's running the government "like a student council" and accusing him of "tiptoeing" to China.

    Yahoo! News: World News 2010

  • Aquino Jr. and served as Corzaon Aquino's executive secretary when she was president, has annoyed President Aquino by saying he's running the government "like a student council" and accusing him of "tiptoeing" to China.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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