soft-shoe

soft-shoe |ˈsɔft ˈʃu | ▶noun a kind of tap dance performed in soft-soled shoes: he could dance a jig or a soft-shoe | [ as modifier ] : a soft-shoe shuffle. ▶verb [ no obj. ] perform a dance of this kind. • move quietly and carefully so as not to draw attention to oneself: I soft-shoed after him | figurative : he soft-shoed into a safer topic of conversation.

soft-shoe

soft-shoe ▶noun a kind of tap dance performed in soft-soled shoes. ▶verb [ no obj. ] perform a dance of this kind. • [ with adverbial of direction ] move quietly and carefully so as not to draw attention to oneself: I soft-shoed after him | figurative : he soft-shoed into a safer topic of conversation.