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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Human , Clothes & fashion toetoe1 /təʊ $ toʊ/ ●くろまる●くろまる●くろまる S3 noun [countable] 1 HBHone 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)2 Image of toe DCthe part of a shoe or sock that covers the front part of your foot3 → tread on somebody’s toes 4 → keep somebody on their toes 5 → make somebody’s toes curl 6 → touch your toes 7 → put/dip a toe in the water → from head to toe1(1) , → from top to toe Examples from the Corpustoe• He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.• She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes.• Like on horseback, I hold on with the tips of my toes.• Invariably our toes are unnaturally cramped into odd-shaped shoes and the feet raised because we choose to teeter around in high heels!• Ruth's toes curled under the table.• In each directorate-general there is a leader, who keeps his team on their toes.. stubbed ... toe• Inside Polly yelped and stubbed her toe against a chair.• Striding away from the house, Carolyn stubbed her toe badly on a brick end and had to sit down to nurse it.• As a prominent figure in Rottweiler rescue, she's stubbed her toe on more unfair bullying and downright idiocy than most.• Jackie seemed to float upwards and Sam stubbed his toe.toetoe2 verb (toed, toeing) → toe the line → See Verb table Examples from the Corpustoe• He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.• The party stalwarts toe the presidential line and shout down those who disagree.Origin toe1 Old English ta
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Verb table
toe
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they toe
he, she, it toes
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they toed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have toed
he, she, it has toed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had toed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will toe
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have toed
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Continuous Form
Present
I am toeing
he, she, it is toeing
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you, we, they are toeing
Past
I, he, she, it was toeing
you, we, they were toeing
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been toeing
he, she, it has been toeing
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been toeing
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be toeing
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been toeing
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