on one's toes
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English
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Prepositional phrase
1.2.1
Derived terms
1.2.2
Translations
1.3
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English
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Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
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on
one's
toes
(
idiomatic
)
Attentive
,
active
,
busy
or
alert
.
I keep my students
on their toes
with pop quizzes.
Derived terms
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keep someone on their toes
Translations
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attentive, active, busy
Chinese:
Mandarin:
please add this translation if you can
Finnish:
varpaillaan
German:
auf Trab
Norwegian:
Nynorsk:
på tå hev
Russian:
настороже
(ru)
(
nastorože
)
,
начеку
(ru)
(
načeku
)
,
в тонусе
(
v tonuse
)
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nose-to-nose
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