on tiptoe

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on tiptoe

standing or walking on the front part of the feet (the balls of the feet) with no weight put on the heels. (This is done to gain height or to walk quietly.) I had to stand on tiptoe in order to see over the fence. I came in late and walked on tiptoe so I wouldn't wake anybody up.

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They were met by a deacon with a censer and by a servant who passed out on tiptoe without heeding them. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context She stole on tiptoe to the window, as cautiously as if she conceived some bloody-minded villain to be watching behind the elm-tree, with intent to take her life. House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context Mortimer said that the man had walked on tiptoe down that portion of the alley. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			on the stump on the table on the telephone on the threshold of on the throne on the tip of tongue on the town on the trail on the trot on the verge on the verge of on the wagon on the waiting list on the wane on the warpath on the watch on the way on the whole on the wing on the wrong side of on the wrong side of the law on the wrong track on the/ agenda on thin ice on time on tiptoe on tod on toes on top of on top of that on top of the world on tour on track on trial on vacation on view on watch on way On yer bike! On your bike! on your mark, get set, go once Once a priest, always a priest once again once and for all Once bitten, twice shy once in a blue moon once in a lifetime once in a while once more once upon a time			on thin ice on this account on this score on this score on this score on this score on this score on this side of the grave on this side of the grave on this side of the grave on this side of the grave On This Side of the Pond On Through the Night on time on time on time on time on time On Time and Above Client Expectations On Time and Above Customer Expectation On Time As Promised On Time Delivery On Time In Full On Time In Full No Errors On Time In Full On Budget On Time Installed System Delivery On Time Item On Time On Budget On Time on Budget on Scope On Time to Requirement on tiptoe on tiptoes on to on to on to on to a good thing on to a good thing on to a good thing on to all fours on to all fours on to all fours on to all fours On to International Convention On to the Races on tod on tod on tod on toes on toes on toes on toes on top on top on top on top on top on top of on top of on top of on top of on top of

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