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put on one's dancing shoes

put on one's dancing shoes verb: to prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.

Verb

put on one's dancing shoes (third-person singular simple present puts on one's dancing shoes, present participle putting on one's dancing shoes, simple past and past participle put on one's dancing shoes)

  1. (idiomatic) To prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.
    • But we can at least begin to put on our dancing shoes as we get ready to celebrate the good news of Genesis 1.1995, J. Richard Middleton, Brian J. Walsh, Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age, page 120
    • This is what allows us to put on our dancing shoes when others are moping and whining.2004, Sharon Kay Riddle, Warring at the Window, page 114

Forms of put on one's dancing shoes

third-person singular presentputs on one's dancing shoes
present participleputting on one's dancing shoes
past participleput on one's dancing shoes
pastput on one's dancing shoes

Questions about put on one's dancing shoes

What does put on one's dancing shoes mean?
Put on one's dancing shoes means to prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.
What part of speech is put on one's dancing shoes?
Put on one's dancing shoes is a verb.
What is the past tense of put on one's dancing shoes?
The past tense of put on one's dancing shoes is put on one's dancing shoes.

Words near put on one's dancing shoes in the dictionary

  1. put on a clinic
  2. put on a pedestal
  3. put on airs
  4. put on dog
  5. put on frills
  6. put on one's dancing shoes
  7. put on one's own oxygen mask first
  8. put on one's oxygen mask first
  9. put on one's pants one leg at a time
  10. put on one's trousers one leg at a time
  11. put on the block

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