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On tiptoe

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  1. 1
    Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.

    "Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers."

  2. 2
    Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes.

    "We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children."

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