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Noun: on tenterhooks
  1. Excited anticipation of an approaching climax
    - suspense

Type of: anticipation, expectancy

Nearest

on ice
on it
on message
on occasion
on one hand
on one's guard
on paper
on purpose
on request
on tap
on tenterhooks
on that
on that point
on the average
on the ball
on the button
on the coattails
on the contrary
on the dot
on the face of it
on the fence