"keep someone on their toes" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: En-au-keep one on one's toes.ogg Forms: keeps someone on their toes, keeping someone on their toes, kept someone on their toes
  1. 使某人保持警惕或繁忙 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-keep_someone_on_their_toes-en-verb-17UXK0Y7 Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞, 英語俗語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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        "現在分詞"
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        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "Four-year-old twins will certainly keep you on your toes!",
          "translation": "这对四岁双胞胎可不会让你闲下来!"
        }
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        "現在分詞"
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