Toe-dance

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of toe dance.; A dance performed on the toes.

    "For the first number Bob presented another Bob, namely Bob Murphy, a Cambridge boy who started things going with a snappy toe-dance."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of toe dance.; An act of avoiding an issue.

    "Re Guy Davenport's toe-dance around Joan Didion's brilliant Rum River [May 7]: save the non-reviews for the non-books."

Verb
  1. 1
    To dance on en pointe or on the balls of one's feet.

    "At eight she could perform Chopin, sing Italian classics, paint and toe-dance."

  2. 2
    To avoid an issue by equivocation, diplomacy, or changing the subject.

    "For five years, he toe-danced his way through a path of idiotic triple talk, before the FCC finally shouted him down."

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toe dancingtoe dancing

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"At eight she could perform Chopin, sing Italian classics, paint and toe-dance."

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