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Collocations for toe - noun

ADJ.

big, little
The shoe pressed painfully against her big toe.
bare
Under his bare toes the floor felt gritty.
broken, bruised

VERB + TOE

stand on, tread on
She stood on her toes to kiss him. | Ouch! That was my toe you just trod on. | (figurative) She trod on a lot of toes when she joined the company.
stub | break, bruise, crack | dip
I dipped my toe in the river to test the temperature. | (figurative) So far they have only dipped their toe in the potentially vast computer market.
point | curl | touch
Can you touch your toes (= while keeping your legs straight)?

TOE + VERB

curl
(often figurative) The man''s broad smile made her toes curl (= made her feel embarrassed or uncomfortable).

TOE + NOUN

injury

PREP.

between the/your ~s
He had some kind of fungus between his toes.
on your ~s
He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer. | (figurative) The threat of inspections kept us all on our toes (= made sure we kept everything up to standard and were ready).

PHRASES

from head/top to toe
He gave himself a good scrub from head to toe.
the tips of your toes
I stood on the tips of my toes to look through the window.
the toe of your boot/shoe

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