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toe dancing

toe dancing is the present participle and gerund 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 one's toes.
    • It was a common scene for one of the older boys to play the fiddle while the others toe danced.1955, Louis Salisbury Leatham, The Letham or Leatham family book of remembrance
  2. (figuratively) To avoid an issue.
    • Doctors toe dance around diagnosis of the disease, too.2013, Lori Micken, Eighty Years in Montana, page 205

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Questions about toe dancing

What is toe dancing the present participle and gerund of?
Toe dancing is the present participle and gerund of toe dance.

Words near toe dancing in the dictionary

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

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