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Meaning of on one's toes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Attentive, active, busy or alert.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch auf Trab
Suomi varpaillaan
Polski czujnie w gotowości
Русский в тонусе настороже́ начеку

Examples

“I keep my students on their toes with pop quizzes.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

on one's uppers on one's way on ones on opposite sides of the barricades on or about on order

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