on tiptoe

English

Prepositional phrase

Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes.
We crept out on tiptoe so as not to wake the children.

Translations

moving carefully

Esperanto: piedfingropinte
Finnish: varpaisillaan
French: sur la pointe des pieds (fr)
Greek: ακροποδητί (el) (akropodití)
Hungarian: lábujjhegyen

Russian: на цыпочках (na cypočkax)
Scottish Gaelic: air corra-biod
Tagalog: nakatigda, patiyad, nakatiyad
Walloon: so ses tchåssetes (wa)

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