put on one's dancing shoes

verb

To prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.

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Meanings

verbput 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)

present singular third person puts on one's dancing shoes · participle present putting on one's dancing shoes

  1. idiomaticTo prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.

    This is what allows us to put on our dancing shoes when others are moping and whining.

    2004, Sharon Kay Riddle, Warring at the Window, page 114
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    But we can at least begin to put on our dancing shoes as we get ready to celebrate the good news of Genesis 1.

    1995, J. Richard Middleton, Brian J. Walsh, Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age, page 120

    Well, you can put on your dancing shoes because sicknesses, diseases and abnormalities will never be found in heaven.

    2011, Franklin T. Gibbs, The Shocking Truths about Heaven, Hell and Your Birthright Blessing, page 17
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