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Definition of walk on eggshells
walk on eggshells
verb
- to act very careful around someone.
Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'on': | |
| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: See on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
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| Definitions include: a person prone to accidents. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: a person who shows off themselves in a strutting manner, a swagger. | |
| Definitions include: the walk performed when wearing saggy pants and holding them up by the crotch. | |
| Definitions include: Someone in prostitution, a street walker, someone offer their body on the street for sex for money | |
| Definitions include: to perform a particular dance created by the Crips gang. | |
| Definitions include: to be kicked out of a relationship. | |
| Definitions include: a trip on foot while smoking a J or joint, i.e a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette. | |
| Definitions include: the act of walking while smoking a hand-marijuana cigarette or a J. | |
| Definitions include: The humiliating public appearance under police arrest of some prominent or wealthy person, usually while being walked to a criminal law proceeding, such as an arraignment. | |
| Definitions include: a non-sailor; someone without sea legs. | |
| Definitions include: A person (or persons) waving "sales theme signs" with arrows at entrances to major highways or at corners of high traffic intersections directing customers to a sale. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: male masturbation. | |
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