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toe dance

noun 5
verb 5
forms 6

noun5

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A dance performed on the balls of the feet or en pointe.
- In the excitement of trying to get the ball launched he may do a momentary toe dance, then crouch, stand, skip, or run before finally lobbing the ball a total of perhaps seven feet. — 1962
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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. — 1935
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(figurative) The act of avoiding an issue by equivocation, complicated diplomacy, or changing the subject.
- Even though the wealth is mine, Gordon manages it, which means I still do the toe dance to convince him that “our money,” as he now calls it, is put to good use. — 2010
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(figurative) 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. — 1963
Alternative form of toe dance.

verb5

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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. — 1947
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To dance on one's toes.
- It was a common scene for one of the older boys to play the fiddle while the others toe danced. — 1955
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(figurative) 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. — 1966
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(figurative) To avoid an issue.
- Doctors toe dance around diagnosis of the disease, too. — 2013
Alternative form of toe-dance.

forms

toe danced · toe-danced · toe dancing · toe-dancing · toe dances · toe-dances

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