keep on toes

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Temple	['templ]
Perla	-	Italian, Spanish
ŚWiĘTomierz	shvyen-TAWM-yesh	Polish (Archaic)
Dawkins	['dɔ:kinz]
Quintillus	-	Ancient Roman
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu