on tenterhooks

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on tenterhooks

nervously waiting to find out what is going to happen She waited on tenterhooks for James to call. We were kept on tenterhooks all morning waiting for his decision.

See also: tenterhook

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They wanted to know whether she, whom I expected to see, was dark or fair; whether that fascination which kept me on tenterhooks of expectation was one of my aristocrats or one of my marine beauties: for they knew I had a footing in both these - shall we say circles? The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context Or was he perhaps, in an intense dislike for the job, beating about the bush and only puzzling Captain Anthony, the providential man, who, if he expected the girl to appear at any moment, must have been on tenterhooks all the time, and beside himself with impatience to see the back of his brother-in-law. Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context			on parole on patrol on person on pins and needles on principle on probation on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the button on the carpet on the case on the cheap			on stream on strike on strike on strike on strike on strike On sufferance on tail on tail on tail on tail on tail on tail on tap on tap on tap on tap on tap On Tape Catalog on target on target on target on target on target on target On Target Bonus On Target Commission On Target Income On Target Media Group On Target Performance Systems on tenterhooks on terms on terms on terms on terms on terms on that on that account on that ground On That Kush On That Note on that point on that score on that score on that score on that score on that score On That Side Opposite of Trans on the agenda On the Air On the Air On the Air On the Air On the Air on the alert on the alert on the alert on the alert on the alert on the anniversary on the application of one party

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