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    on tenterhooks
    [on tenterhooks]
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    1. in a state of suspense or agitation because of uncertainty about a future event:
      "he was on tenterhooks waiting for the director's decision"
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      anxious
      nervous
      nervy
      apprehensive
      worried
      on edge
      edgy
      tense
      strained
      stressed
      agitated
      fretful
      restless
      keyed up
      overwrought
      wrought up
      jumpy
      like a cat on a hot tin roof
      fidgety
      on pins and needles
      jittery
      twitchy
      uptight
      wired
      het up
      in a twitter
      windy
      all of a doodah
      spooky
      squirrelly
      overstrung
      in suspense
      waiting with bated breath
      worried sick
      in a state of nerves
      in a state of agitation
      worked up
      strung out
      with one's stomach in knots
      with one's heart in one's mouth
      with butterflies in one's stomach
      in a state
      in a stew
      in a dither
      all of a dither
      in a sweat
      in a flap
      in a tizz/tizzy
      all of a lather
      waiting for the axe to fall
      strung up
      having kittens
      in a twit
      toey
      shitting bricks
      bricking oneself
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    What is another word for tenterhooks?
    Synonyms for tenterhooks. on tenterhooks. Synonyms. in suspense. anxious. on edge. keyed up. in an agony of doubt.

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    What does it mean if you are on tenterhooks?
    If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous or excited, because you are keen to know what is going to happen. The market was on tenterhooks about the size of the rate cut. `It was a good match wasn't it? Very exciting.' — `Yes, we were on tenterhooks.'

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    What is a tenter hook?
    Tenter-hooks are strong iron hooks put in ceilings and joists on which bacon and other such things are hung. (Glossary of Words from Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2), E. Peacock)

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    What are tenterhooks used for?
    "Tenterhooks," often mistakenly written or pronounced as "tenderhooks," were the hooks on a frame called a "tenter." They were used to fasten stretched cloth to allow it to dry. With the game tied, fans on both sides were on tenterhooks for the last quarter. They said they would let me know about my application soon.

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    Is Gareth Bale on tenterhooks?
    The stadium is a sell-out, Gareth Bale's on the pitch for his 50th cap and Wales is on tenterhooks - united in willing our boys on to a win tonight. Ian and Jane are on tenterhooks when the social worker calls to talk about baby Beth.

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    What is a woven hook?
    This expression alludes to hooks that formerly were used to hold newly woven cloth that was being stretched on a frame. Their name has long survived this method of manufacture. [Mid-1700s] The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust.

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