toe
verb/təʊ/
/təʊ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they toe | /təʊ/ /təʊ/ |
| he / she / it toes | /təʊz/ /təʊz/ |
| past simple toed | /təʊd/ /təʊd/ |
| past participle toed | /təʊd/ /təʊd/ |
| -ing form toeing | /ˈtəʊɪŋ/ /ˈtəʊɪŋ/ |
Idioms
See toe in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytoe the (party) line
(North American English also toe the mark)
- to say or do what somebody in authority tells you to say or do, even if you do not share the same opinions, etc.
- One or two of them refused to toe the line.
- MPs rarely fail to toe the party line.
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