"trip the light fantastic toe" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: trips the light fantastic toe [present, singular, third-person], tripping the light fantastic toe [participle, present], tripped the light fantastic toe [participle, past], tripped the light fantastic toe [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=trip the light fantastic toe}} trip the light fantastic toe (third-person singular simple present trips the light fantastic toe, present participle tripping the light fantastic toe, simple past and past participle tripped the light fantastic toe)
  1. Obsolete form of trip the light fantastic. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: trip the light fantastic

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