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A-tiptoe. World English Historical Dictionary

A-tiptoe. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. A-tiptoe advb. phr. [see A prep.1] On tiptoe, on the tips of one’s toes (either to raise oneself higher, or to move about noiselessly).

1 1576.  R. Scot, Hop Gard., 45. They must stand longwyse, as it were a tiptoe.

2 1647.  R. Stapylton, Juvenal, 98. She sure must stand a-tipto for a kisse.

3 1751.  Smollett, Per. Pic., lxxxi. 133. He stood a tiptoe to view himself in the glass.

4 1868.  Geo. Eliot, Sp. Gipsy, 224. Moving a-tiptoe, silent as the Elves.

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