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tenterhooks
To hand something over or place it down with determination
To quickly fall a long way down
Waiting nervously for something to happen.
For a person or small animal to move hurriedly with short quick steps
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tenterhooks
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Waiting nervously for something to happen.
After the weeklong trial, we were on
tenterhooks
waiting for the jury to give its verdict.
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