3. PHRASE : V inflects
If you say that someone or something keeps you on your toes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen.
If you say that someone or something keeps you on your toes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen.
- His fiery campaign rhetoric has kept opposition parties on their toes for months.
... Cobuild
on one's toes: Fig. alert. (Typically: be / keep / stay ~ ; / keep one ~)
- You have to be on your toes if you want to be in this business.
- I have to stay on my toes to keep from getting fired.
keep somebody on their toes:
to force someone to continue giving all their attention and energy to what they are doing
- He gave me a couple of extra things to do just to keep me on my toes.
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