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tiptoed around

tiptoed around is the simple past and past participle of tiptoe around.

Meaning of tiptoe around

Verb

tiptoe around (third-person singular simple present tiptoes around, present participle tiptoeing around, simple past and past participle tiptoed around)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tiptoe, around.
  2. To act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.

Questions about tiptoed around

What is tiptoed around the simple past and past participle of?
Tiptoed around is the simple past and past participle of tiptoe around.

Words near tiptoed around in the dictionary

  1. tipteerers
  2. tiptoe
  3. tiptoe around
  4. tiptoe through a minefield
  5. tiptoed
  6. tiptoed around
  7. tiptoed through a minefield
  8. tiptoeing
  9. tiptoeing around
  10. tiptoeing through a minefield
  11. tiptoeingly

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