tiptoe
noun
the tip or end of a toe.
have tiptoed
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present perfectof tiptoe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“I want to admit to the lips, but people are so quick to judge me on everything ... So I might have tiptoed around the truth, but I didn’t lie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
In navigating this wild and unstable new terrain, most influential sports figures have tiptoed since the gate-opening Supreme Court decision 17 months ago.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2019
For the most part, the candidates have tiptoed around the chance to launch a negative attack against Mr. Biden.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2019
Inevitably “The Silence”, simply for arriving second, will be perceived to have tiptoed in the footsteps of “A Quiet Place”.
From Economist ● May 28, 2018
Had the gentleman we were after been our dearest friend at the crisis of a fever, we could not have tiptoed about his bed with more solicitude lest we disturb sweet slumber.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
