point one's toes

Verb

point one's toes (third-person singular simple present points one's toes, present participle pointing one's toes, simple past and past participle pointed one's toes)

1. To flex the ankle as far as possible while simultaneously extending the toes in the same direction.
   • Point your toes away from you (downward) as far as you can.2000, Delores Christina Schoen, Adult Orthopaedic Nursing, →ISBN, page 35
   • Press your foot down as if to point your toes, using 30 percent of your strength, and resist with the strap, as shown in figure 14.15.2010, Sharon Sauer, Mary Biancalana, Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain, →ISBN, page 201
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see point, toe.
   • “You're trying to hypnotize me. I'm not going to let you do that.” “You're going to hypnotize yourself. You do everything yourself. I just point the way. I point your toes to the path. Just point your toes. No one can make you go anywhere you don't want to go, but you want to go where your toes are...1999, Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams, Baby is Three, →ISBN, page 384
   • If she pointed her toes at you, you were in. I glanced at her feet. They were together and pointed at me, close enough to almost touch mine.2011, Kris Alexander, Servants of the Light, →ISBN