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ten·ter·hooks [ˈtentəhʊks, Am -tɚ-] SUBST Pl

tenterhooks

Spannhaken m

to be [kept] on tenterhooks

to be on tenterhooks to do sth

to keep sb on tenterhooks

to keep sb on tenterhooks

to be on tenterhooks to do sth

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Everyone around him was on tenterhooks, afraid of making a wrong move and invoking his wrath. en.wikipedia.org

It is not surprising, therefore, that villagers, businesses and schools are on tenterhooks over the possibility of the village losing one of its oldest friends. www.edp24.co.uk

At the moment, we are on tenterhooks hoping that the trapped driver will miraculously be pulled out alive and unhurt. www.stuff.co.nz

So now we're on tenterhooks, waiting like a nervous family in a maternity ward. www.dailymail.co.uk

There is a tenter frame, with the tenterhooks to show how the cloth was dried without shrinking and how teasles were used to lift up the nap. en.wikipedia.org

But this weekend's windfall has everyone on tenterhooks, including real estate agents, hoping to keep the money in town. www.stuff.co.nz

Tenterhooks, on the other hand, are little hooks used in medieval times for stretching cloth. www.stuff.co.nz

We are all on tenterhooks, waiting to perceive slights, threats or insults to our national identity. www.heraldscotland.com

It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state of nervous tension. en.wikipedia.org

Floating fragments hang on hooks and the idiom of being on tenterhooks drifts away from the performing area and into the minds of those watching. www.theupcoming.co.uk

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