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In the sentence, 'The whole evening he was on tenterhooks', what does the idiom 'on tenterhooks' mean?

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1A state of anxiety or confusion✓
2A state of ignorance
3A state of certainty
4A state of confidence

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A state of anxiety or confusion

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