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tiptoe

1 noun
     
tip‧toe1

on tiptoe/on (your) tiptoes

if you stand or walk on tiptoe, you stand or walk on your toes, in order to make yourself taller or in order to walk very quietly:
She stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
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