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toe-danced

toe-danced is the simple past and past participle of toe-dance.

Meaning of toe-dance

Verb

toe-dance (third-person singular simple present toe-dances, present participle toe-dancing, simple past and past participle toe-danced)

  1. (literally) To dance on en pointe or on the balls of one's feet.
    • At eight she could perform Chopin, sing Italian classics, paint and toe-dance.1947, Opera news - Volume 12, page 6
  2. (figuratively) To avoid an issue by equivocation, diplomacy, or changing the subject.
    • For five years, he toe-danced his way through a path of idiotic triple talk, before the FCC finally shouted him down.1966, Don McGuire, The Day Television Died, page 237

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Questions about toe-danced

What is toe-danced the simple past and past participle of?
Toe-danced is the simple past and past participle of toe-dance.

Words near toe-danced in the dictionary

  1. toe-crushers
  2. toe-crushing
  3. toe-curling
  4. toe-curlingly
  5. toe-dance
  6. toe-danced
  7. toe-dances
  8. toe-dancing
  9. toe-dip
  10. toe-dipped
  11. toe-dipping

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