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Definitions
On tiptoe; on the tips of one's toes in order to move quietly or to stand taller.
Word origin
From a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’, used to show a condition, manner, or state) + tiptoe.
Used in a sentence
“We content not our ſelves with ſtanding a tiptoe for to appear greater than others; we ſtrive ſtill either to make them fall, or for to abaſe them for to appear greater by their abaſement.”
“When I rallied him for viſiting me in ſuch a diſhabille, he ſtood a tiptoe to view himſelf in the glaſs; and owning I was in the right, ſaid that he would go and dreſs himſelf before dinner.”
“Moving a-tiptoe, silent as the elves, / As mischievous too, trip three bare-footed girls / Not yet opened to womanhood— […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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