tiptoe

Now they were tiptoeing along the cutline for the conference tournament.

Yet privately, and tiptoeing towards it in public, there was a sense that he was willing to take part in some form of negotiation.

Neutrality in a world of trade turmoil, not so much sat on a fence, but tiptoeing along a rather wobbly one.

Once while representing an adult entertainment venue, he sprang to his tiptoes in a Los Angeles County courtroom and twirled on one foot with his arms above his head — in his suit and tie.

But he didn’t want to burden anyone, so he never told the whole story, tiptoeing instead around the depths of his darkness, never once uttering the word “suicide” out loud.