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Later that evening, the newlyweds will trip the light fantastic at Frogmore House alongside 200 of their closest friends.

From BBC • May 7, 2018

Even if you have more in common with a wooden nutcracker than a sugarplum fairy, you can still trip the light fantastic — emphasis on tripping — during a drop-in lesson at Ballet Fantastique .

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2017

Ulster, expected to play a territorial kicking game, seemed intent on showing it was not just Leinster who could trip the light fantastic.

From BBC • May 19, 2012

There is no end of wire-pulling to be clone if daughter is to trip the light fantastic at the Autumn Ball, up in Tuxedo Park, the Junior Assemblies, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Come; let's throw off moods and go into town for tea at the Rose Garden; and if you feel strong enough we'll trip the light fantastic."

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold




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