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.
See also: keep, on, toe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Temple['templ]
Perla-Italian, Spanish
ŚWiĘTomierzshvyen-TAWM-yeshPolish (Archaic)
Dawkins['dɔ:kinz]
Quintillus-Ancient Roman
LindaLIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu