toe
noun
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
were toeing
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past progressiveof toe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On repairing on board her, my commander said to me, “You help me to look at those fellows’ phizes,” pointing to a number of men who were toeing the seam on her quarter-deck.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
He had slipped his arm around his mother's waist now and the two were "toeing it" up the path, he stopping every few feet to root a pebble from its bed.
From Tides of Barnegat by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
