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stub (one's) toe

To forcefully and accidentally jam a single toe against a hard surface or object. I couldn't walk for nearly 10 minutes after stubbing my big toe. We're always stubbing our toes on this darn coffee table!
See also: stub, toe
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At nine o'clock he stubbed his toe on a rocky ledge, and from sheer weariness and weakness staggered and fell.
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I am not joking, but he stubbed his toe first and then hit the ball.
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Witnesses say Gevorgyan stubbed his toe and fell off 3- meter high roof.
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He alleged he got out of the vehicle, stubbed his toe, tumbled over the bridge parapet and fell 100ft to the ground below.
A TALL STORY; Driver says gust of wind blew him into central reservation of the Friarton Bridge and when he got out he stubbed his toe, plunged 100ft from the parapet, found a bottle of whisky in his pocket when he landed, had a guzzle before climbing back up and that's why he was over the limit
"Danny Ventre will see a specialist next week for a knee problem while Dean Jarvis will also miss the game as he stubbed his toe in the Drogheda match."
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The healthy teenage boy had stubbed his toe during a wrestling match, then developed fever, fatigue, and buttock and back pain, along with swelling and pain in the toe 4 days later.
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The former Ryder Cup player - it was on this very course he made his debut two years ago - stubbed his toe in his hotel room on Friday night.
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But there was a minor disaster when he stubbed his toe at a 737 team meeting in Cardiff's Cameo Club.
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Wayne Rooney had the supporters' hearts in their mouths earlier when he stubbed his toe and limped away.
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Hodgson stubbed his toe during the Leicester game a fortnight ago, and the number 10 duties remain with in-form Welshman Lee Thomas.
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As we were walking on the sidewalk in front of Civic Stadium, my husband stubbed his toe on a raised portion of sidewalk and fell.
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There were three bloody fingerprints on the cellar door, which Newton said he had done when he stubbed his toe.
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Trying to avoid a wheelbarrow, he stubbed his toe, tripped on scaffolding and smashed his knee on a concrete base on November 25, 2005.
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The midfielder, who has been a regular in the North End side this season, stubbed his toe on a coffee table in the middle of the night and the table's marble top fell off and landed on his foot.
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He stubbed his toe getting out of bed to see who it was.
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