to be on tiptoe

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to be on tiptoe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. Tiptoes.
     The end, or tip, of the toe.
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           He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
                                                    --Chaucer.
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           Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.    --Spenser.
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     To be a tiptoe, To stand a tiptoe, To stand on tiptoe
        or To be on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to
        be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with
        expectation.
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