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Trip the light fantastic toe   /trɪp ðə laɪt fæntˈæstɪk toʊ/   Listen
Trip the light fantastic toe

verb
1.
Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.  Synonyms: dance, trip the light fantastic.





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"Trip the light fantastic toe" Quotes from Famous Books



... captain is invariably absent from the table. But if the captain doesn't come, everybody else does, and there is more dress than usual, and there are lights inside the ices. After dinner, the deck is illuminated with coloured electric bulbs, the band plays, and the people "trip the light fantastic toe," as country papers put it. On German liners it's not always light, ...
— Ship-Bored • Julian Street


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