- toe⇄adj. toelike.
- toe⇄expr. dig in one's toes, (Especially British.) to take a firm or inflexible position.
Ex. If the African leaders dig in their toes, the Government may give way (London Times). - toe⇄expr. on one's toes, ready for action; alert.
Ex. Leading the Youth Symphony of New York, [he] offered a program fit to keep a top professional orchestra on its toes (New York Times). - toe⇄expr. step (or tread) on one's toes, to offend or annoy one.
Ex. ... stepping on the toes of vested interests (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). - toe⇄expr. stub one's toe, to fumble; blunder.
Ex. The scientist as the visionary bungler stubbing his toe over the most obvious facts of life certainly has his counterpart in everyday experience (Wall Street Journal). - toe⇄expr. toe to toe, facing one another at close quarters.
Ex. to fight it out toe to toe. - toe⇄noun 1a. one of the five end parts of the human foot.
b. a corresponding part in a vertebrate animal.
2. the part of a stocking, shoe, or slipper, that covers the toes.
Ex. to have a hole in the toe of a sock.
3. the forepart o - toe⇄toe, noun, verb, toed,toeing.
- toe⇄v.i. 1. to turn the toes in walking or standing.
Ex. to toe in, to toe out.
2. to move on or tap with the toes in dancing. - toe⇄v.t. 1. to touch or reach with the toes.
Ex. Toe this line.
2. to furnish with a toe or toes; make or put a new toe on.
Ex. to toe a stocking.
3a. to drive (a nail) in slantwise.
b. to fasten (boards) with nails driven in