- keep someone on their toes
- Keep someone on their toesIf you keep someone on their toes, you make sure that they concentrate on what they are supposed to do.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
keep someone on their toes
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keep someone on their toes — phrase to make someone concentrate so that they are ready to deal with anything that might happen He keeps changing the rules, just to keep us on our toes. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or attitudessynonym Main entry: toe * * … Useful english dictionary
keep (someone) on (their) toes — to force someone to continue giving all their attention and energy to what they are doing. He gave me a couple of extra things to do just to keep me on my toes … New idioms dictionary
keep someone on their toes — to make someone concentrate so that they are ready to deal with anything that might happen He keeps changing the rules, just to keep us on our toes … English dictionary
keep on their toes — keep (someone) on their toes informal : to cause someone to be alert and prepared to deal with problems Taking care of three kids really keeps me on my toes. The boss made regular inspections in order to keep employees on their toes. • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
toe — toe1 [ tou ] noun count ** one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot. Your big toe is the largest, and your little toe is the smallest: Vera slipped off her shoes and wriggled her toes. I stubbed my toe (=hurt it by hitting it) on… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
toe — I UK [təʊ] / US [toʊ] noun [countable] Word forms toe : singular toe plural toes ** a) one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot. Your big toe is the largest, and your little toe is the smallest Vera slipped off her shoes and… … English dictionary
toe — toe1 S3 [təu US tou] n [: Old English; Origin: ta] 1.) one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot →↑finger ▪ He stubbed his toe (=hurt it by kicking it against something) on a rock. big toe (=the largest of your toes) ↑heel, ↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
toe — 1 noun (C) 1 one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot: He stubbed his toe on a rock. | big toe (=the largest of your toes) 2 the part of a shoe or sock that covers the front part of your foot 3 step on sb s toes AmE /tread on sb s… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
toe*/ — [təʊ] noun [C] I 1) one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot Vera slipped off her shoes and wriggled her toes.[/ex] 2) the part of a shoe or sock that covers your toes shoes with pointed toes[/ex] • keep sb on their toes to make… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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