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toe dances

toe dances is the plural of toe dance.

toe dances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toe dance.

Meaning of toe dance

Noun

toe dance (plural toe dances)

  1. (literally) A dance performed on the balls of the feet or en pointe.
    • In the excitement of trying to get the ball launched he may do a momentary toe dance, then crouch, stand, skip, or run before finally lobbing the ball a total of perhaps seven feet.1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 65
  2. (figuratively) The act of avoiding an issue by equivocation, complicated diplomacy, or changing the subject.
    • One of my concerns, frankly, is that we are just kind of, you know, we hold a hearing and we talk about it a little bit, and then it disappears from the limelight, and we are kind of doing a toe dance around the problems in Liberia rather than really addressing the problems as forcefully as we...1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs, U.S. policies toward Liberia, Togo, and Zaire

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Questions about toe dances

What is toe dances the plural of?
Toe dances is the plural of toe dance.

Words near toe dances in the dictionary

  1. toe cap
  2. toe caps
  3. toe cheese
  4. toe dance
  5. toe danced
  6. toe dances
  7. toe dancing
  8. toe drag
  9. toe dragged
  10. toe dragging
  11. toe drags

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