"put on one's dancing shoes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put on one's dancing shoes.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts on one's dancing shoes [present, singular, third-person], putting on one's dancing shoes [participle, present], put on one's dancing shoes [participle, past], put on one's dancing shoes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> on one's dancing shoes|head=put on one's dancing shoes}} put on one's dancing shoes (third-person singular simple present puts on one's dancing shoes, present participle putting on one's dancing shoes, simple past and past participle put on one's dancing shoes)
  1. (idiomatic) To prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-put_on_one's_dancing_shoes-en-verb-BJmQ11Ti Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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