German Meaning of on one's toes

Auf Zack sein

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Definitions and Meaning of on one's toes in English

on one's toes

a terminal segment of a limb of an invertebrate, to drive (something, such as a nail) obliquely, alert sense 1, to conform rigorously to a rule or standard, a part that by its position or form is felt to resemble a toe, the front end or part of a foot or hoof, toe dance, a lateral projection at one end or between the ends of a piece (such as a rod or bolt), one of the terminal members of a vertebrate's foot, such as, the lowest part (as of an embankment, dam, or cliff), the fore end of a foot or hoof, one of the terminal members of the vertebrate foot, to stand, walk, or be placed so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction, facing one another, one of the jointed parts of the front end of a vertebrate foot, tiptoe, the forepart of something worn on the foot, to furnish with a toe, something that resembles a toe, the front end or part of something worn on the foot, to touch, reach, or kick with the toes, to clinch or fasten by or with nails or rods so driven, to touch, reach, or drive with the toe

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Auf Zack sein

a terminal segment of a limb of an invertebrate, to drive (something, such as a nail) obliquely, alert sense 1, to conform rigorously to a rule or standard, a p

Alarm,lebendig,wach,Auf der Hut,wachsam,auf Zehenspitzen,scharfsichtig,aufmerksam,bewusst,vorsichtig

abwesend,absorbiert,abstrakt,schlafend,abgelenkt,träumend,vertieft,\(\)weit,arglos,besorgt

on one's own initiative => von sich aus, on one's own hook => auf eigene Faust, on one's own => allein, on one's mettle => auf Zack, on no account => auf keinen Fall,