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on tiptoe

on tiptoe prepositional phrase: standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.
    • Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  2. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes.
    • We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children.

on tiptoe meaning in Tagalog

on tiptoe in Tagalog

moving carefully
nakatigda, patiyad, nakatiyad

Synonyms of on tiptoe

Questions about on tiptoe

What does on tiptoe mean?
On tiptoe means standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.
What is on tiptoe in Tagalog?
On tiptoe in Tagalog is nakatigda, patiyad, nakatiyad. See On tiptoe meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is on tiptoe?
On tiptoe is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on tiptoe in the dictionary

  1. on this score
  2. on threes
  3. on tick
  4. on tilt
  5. on time
  6. on tiptoe
  7. on to
  8. on top
  9. on top of
  10. on top of one's game
  11. on top of that

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