toe

toe
təu
noun
1) (one of the five finger-like end parts of the foot: These tight shoes hurt my toes.) tå
2) (the front part of a shoe, sock etc: There's a hole in the toe of my sock.) tå(parti), (sko)tupp, snute
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- toe the line
spiss
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subst. \/təʊ\/
1) tå, tåspiss
• my little toe hurts
det gjør vondt i lilletåen min
2) (på sko e.l.) tå, nese, snute, tupp, tåparti
3) forklaring: noe som ligner eller har samme form som en tå
• they travelled all the way down the toe of Italy
de reiste helt ned i Italias støvlespiss
4) (arkitektur, om hvelving) flik
5) (bygg) tå (på armert støttemur)
6) (mekanikk) arm, kam, knast, tapp
7) (mineralogi) bunn (av borhull)
8) (golf) ende på golfkølle
keep someone on his toes holde noen i ånde, holde noen i beskjeftigelse, passe på at noen ikke sluntrer unna
on one's toes på tærne, på tå hev, på vakt, på sprang, beredt
step on someone's toes eller tread on someone's toes eller tramp on someone's toes (også overført) tråkke noen på tærne, trampe noen på tærne
turn one's toes up (hverdagslig) legge seg med nesen i været (dø)
II
verb \/təʊ\/
1) berøre med tåen, stille seg med tærne inntil
• she toed the starting line
hun stod med tærne inntil startstreken
2) sparke til
3) sette tå i, sette tå på
4) (sport) sparke med tåen
5) (golf) slå med spissen av golfkøllen
6) (håndverk) skråspikre
toe in gå med innadvendte tær
toe out gå med utadvendte tær
toe the line eller toe the mark stille seg opp (overført) følge partilinjene lystre, adlyde ordre (overført) holde seg på matta

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