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turning up one's toes

turning up one's toes is the present participle and gerund of turn up one's toes.

Meaning of turn up one's toes

Verb

turn up one's toes (third-person singular simple present turns up one's toes, present participle turning up one's toes, simple past and past participle turned up one's toes)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, almost humorous) To die.

Questions about turning up one's toes

What is turning up one's toes the present participle and gerund of?
Turning up one's toes is the present participle and gerund of turn up one's toes.

Words near turning up one's toes in the dictionary

  1. turning two
  2. turning under
  3. turning up
  4. turning up missing
  5. turning up one's nose
  6. turning up one's toes
  7. turning up the heat
  8. turning up the volume on
  9. turning up trumps
  10. turning upon
  11. turning upside down

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