meaning of "go out on the toe"

[lost_soul]

Hi,

I can't work out what the part in bold might mean. Could you explain its meaning to me please?

[Jamie (K)]

Ruth has very small feet, so her shoes are only size five. Saying that the hippies went out on the toe of her size-five shoes means that she kicked them out. In other words, she gave them the boot. She ejected them from the town.

The whole thing gives the image of a small, genteel, dainty woman who is tough enough to throw bigger, more vulgar, more obnoxious people out of town all by herself.

[lost_soul]

Thank you !
It is a metaphorical language
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Alex

A native speaker of Russian

[Jamie (K)]

But note that it's not a common expression. I think it's probably unique to that text.