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| 1. |
[n,vs,vi]
▶ standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller ▶ stretching oneself |
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| 2. |
[n,vs,vi]
▶ overreaching oneself ▶ overstretching oneself ▶ trying to do something beyond one's ability ▶ pushing to the limit |
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| 10. | A 2022-08-02 02:06:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5: straightening 「up [one's back]; stretching. tippy toeing 1144 tippy toe 3069 |
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| Comments: | A key aspect of this term is the stretching, and that gloss really didn't reflect that or contribute to the overall explanation. I don't think it added anything useful. |
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| 9. | A* 2022-08-02 00:54:26 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Very common in AmE. Definitely informal but I wouldn't call it children's slang. |
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| 8. | A* 2022-08-02 00:49:59 hiroto42 <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Tippy toe is in webster - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tippy-toe |
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| 7. | A 2022-08-01 02:33:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5 (has せいのび) |
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| Comments: | "tippy toeing" sounds like children's slang. Needed? |
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| Diff: | @@ -20,0 +21,3 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>せいのび</reb> +</r_ele> @@ -27 +29,0 @@ -<gloss>tippy toeing</gloss> |
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| 6. | A* 2022-08-01 02:27:51 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮ │ 背伸び │ 342,501 │ 97.0% │ │ 背のび │ 5,322 │ 1.5% │ │ 背延び │ 133 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 rK (daijs) │ せのび │ 5,018 │ 1.4% │ ╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯ |
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| Diff: | @@ -13,0 +14 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> |
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