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toes-up

toes-up is the alternative form of toes up.

Meaning of toes up

Adjective

toes up (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Of a person, dead or killed.
    • Groves, of the Forty-sixth, is gone "toes up".1862, Charles James Lever, Davenport Dunn, page 119
  2. (idiomatic, slang) Broken, completely failed so as to become inactive.
    • The land deals in Tokyo've gone toes up since the bubble burst, but the landlord's still trying to push through a deal with a developer.2005, Mo Hayder, The devil of Nanking, page 42

Questions about toes-up

What is toes-up the alternative form of?
Toes-up is the alternative form of toes up.

Words near toes-up in the dictionary

  1. toes the line
  2. toes the mark
  3. toes the plank
  4. toes the rubber
  5. toes up
  6. toes-up
  7. toesa
  8. toeses
  9. toesful
  10. toeshoe
  11. toeshoes

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