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                           Phrase(s): keep someone on tenterhooks  Fig. to keep someone in suspense.  •  Don’t keep me on tenterhooks! Tell me your news!  •  We were all kept on tenterhooks waiting to find out what happened.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs