point one's toes

present singular third person points one's toes · participle present pointing one's toes · participle past pointed one's toes · past pointed one's toes

1. To flex the ankle as far as possible while simultaneously extending the toes in the same direction.

   Point your toes away from you (downward) as far as you can.

   2000, Delores Christina Schoen, Adult Orthopaedic Nursing, →ISBN, page 35

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   Press your foot down as if to point your toes, using 30 percent of your strength, and resist with the strap, as shown in figure 14.15.

   2010, Sharon Sauer, Mary Biancalana, Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain, →ISBN, page 201

   During another class, Nana's husband Baba, the other paid musician for ADP, sucked his teeth and yelled at Kevin for pointing his toes while doing a kicking movement.

   2010, Lance T. McCready, Making Space for Diverse Masculinities, →ISBN, page 81

   The lightning struck and she lifted her front foot and pointed her toes to begin her combo.

   2013, Anastasia Zhivotov, Alice in Reality, →ISBN

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see point, toe.

   If she pointed her toes at you, you were in. I glanced at her feet. They were together and pointed at me, close enough to almost touch mine.

   2011, Kris Alexander, Servants of the Light, →ISBN

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   “You're trying to hypnotize me. I'm not going to let you do that.” “You're going to hypnotize yourself. You do everything yourself. I just point the way. I point your toes to the path. Just point your toes. No one can make you go anywhere you don't want to go, but you want to go where your toes are pointed where your toes are limp where your..."

   1999, Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams, Baby is Three, →ISBN, page 384