point one's toes

point one's toes (third-person singular simple present points one's toes, present participle pointing one's toes, simple past and past participle pointed one's toes)

1. To flex the ankle as far as possible while simultaneously extending the toes in the same direction.
   • 2000, Delores Christina Schoen, Adult Orthopaedic Nursing, →ISBN, page 35:

     Point your toes away from you (downward) as far as you can.

   • 2010, Sharon Sauer, Mary Biancalana, Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain, →ISBN, page 201:

     Press your foot down as if to point your toes, using 30 percent of your strength, and resist with the strap, as shown in figure 14.15.

   • 2010, Lance T. McCready, Making Space for Diverse Masculinities, →ISBN, page 81:

     During another class, Nana's husband Baba, the other paid musician for ADP, sucked his teeth and yelled at Kevin for pointing his toes while doing a kicking movement.

   • 2013, Anastasia Zhivotov, Alice in Reality, →ISBN:

     The lightning struck and she lifted her front foot and pointed her toes to begin her combo.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see point,‎ toe.
   • 1999, Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams, Baby is Three, →ISBN, page 384:

     “You're trying to hypnotize me. I'm not going to let you do that.” “You're going to hypnotize yourself. You do everything yourself. I just point the way. I point your toes to the path. Just point your toes. No one can make you go anywhere you don't want to go, but you want to go where your toes are pointed where your toes are limp where your..."

   • 2011, Kris Alexander, Servants of the Light, →ISBN:

     If she pointed her toes at you, you were in. I glanced at her feet. They were together and pointed at me, close enough to almost touch mine.