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tiptoeing around

tiptoeing around is the present participle and gerund 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 tiptoeing around

What is tiptoeing around the present participle and gerund of?
Tiptoeing around is the present participle and gerund of tiptoe around.

Words near tiptoeing around in the dictionary

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

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