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tenterhooks plural noun
/ˈten.tə.hʊks/
/-ɚ-/ n Definition
on tenterhooks
worried or nervous about something that is going to happen
We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the telephone to ring.
(Definition of tenterhooks plural noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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