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Meanings of tiptoeing up in English

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Usage of tiptoeing up in English
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A single light burned inside, he noticed, tiptoeing up the slippery gangway.
Fiendish deeds
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You may hear me tiptoeing up the stairs if you listen very hard.
Carry On: Letters in War-Time
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Apparently it was all on me, so I tried tiptoeing up to it.
Dexter’s Final Cut
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Then, gently tiptoeing up to him, she kissed his hair.
Original Short Stories — Volume 11
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Just as we were tiptoeing up the staircase, my parents appeared in the kitchen door.
The Lost Sisterhood
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Aunt Bethiah says it is reaching and tiptoeing up to the high shelves after company-cake, that makes him so tall.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
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Finally I said, "Come here," and they obeyed, tiptoeing up as if they were afraid Caesar would rise up under the toga.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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"Hey," interjected Marcus, tiptoeing up behind them, "Inquiring minds want to know.
Beauty and the feast
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Tiptoeing up the steps, he was about to lift the heavy bronze knocker when a porter opened the door and motioned him to enter.
Curlie Carson Listens In
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