Collocations for "toe"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "toe" in context.
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toe
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- my [pinkie, big] toe
- stubbed my toe (on)
- broke my toe
- have a broken toe
- got my toe caught on
- stuck between my toes
- [clean, wash] between your toes
- dropped a [hammer, brick] on my toes
- figurative: the [job, task, work] keeps me on my toes
- [trod, stepped] on my toe
- figurative: don't want to tread on anyone's toes
- figurative: [competed, fought] toe to toe
- the shoes are [tight, cramped] at the toes
- shoes with [an open, a closed] toe
- [boots] with a steel toe
- toe the line
- toe [a shoe, shoes, the boots]
- the [shoes] were toed [by machine, by hand]
- toed off his [shoe, shoes, slippers]
- toe a [nail, spike, screw]
- the wheels toed [in, out] (round the turn)
- toe the ball into [play, the rough, the trees]
- toe the ball onto the [fairway, green]
- wears a toe ring
- steel-toe [boots, shoes]
- must wear closed-toe shoes
- cannot wear open-toe shoes
- sexually explicit: gave him a toe job
'toe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):