trip the light fantastic

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Alternative forms

• trip the light fantastic toe (obsolete)

Verb

to trip the light fantastic

1. To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner.
   • 1978, "Movies," St. Petersburg Independent, 31 May, p. 11-B,

     "Swing Time:" Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers trip the light fantastic in this yarn about a dancer with a yen for gambling.

   • 2005, Kevin Kittredge, "Royal Ballet," Roanoke Times, 1 Jun. (retrieved 4 Oct. 2008),

     In the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, they each wear out a pair of dancing shoes nightly, tripping the light fantastic in a magic forest.