ON TIPTOE / TIPTOES


Meaning of ON TIPTOE / TIPTOES in English

standing or walking on the front part of your foot, with your heels off the ground, in order to make yourself taller or to move very quietly :

She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf.

We crept around on tiptoes so as not to disturb him.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.