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[fʊt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks
- a projecting part on which a piece of furniture or each of its legs stands
- the lower or lowest part of something; the base or bottom
(e.g: the foot of the stairs)
- a unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm)
(e.g: shallow water no more than a foot deep)
- a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit. In English poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables, while in ancient classical poetry it consists of long and short syllables
Phrases:
- at someone's feet
- be rushed off one's feet
- feet of clay
- foot the bill
- get off on the right foot
- get off on the wrong foot
- get one's feet under the table
- get one's feet wet
- have a foot in both camps
- have a foot in the door
- have one foot in the grave
- have one's feet on the ground
- have something at one's feet
- hold someone's feet to the fire
- keep one's feet on the ground
- my foot!
- off one's feet
- on foot
- on foot of
- on one's feet
- on the back foot
- on the front foot
- put a foot wrong
- put foot
- put one's best foot forward
- put one's feet up
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it
- set foot in
- set something on foot
- sweep someone off their feet
- the boot is on the other foot
- think on one's feet
- to one's feet
- under foot
- under one's feet
Origin
:
Old English fōt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voet and German Fuss, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit pad, pāda, Greek pous, pod-, and Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’
[fʊt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cover a distance, especially a long one, on foot
(e.g: the rider was left to foot it ten or twelve miles back to camp)
Phrases:
- at someone's feet
- be rushed off one's feet
- feet of clay
- foot the bill
- get off on the right foot
- get off on the wrong foot
- get one's feet under the table
- get one's feet wet
- have a foot in both camps
- have a foot in the door
- have one foot in the grave
- have one's feet on the ground
- have something at one's feet
- hold someone's feet to the fire
- keep one's feet on the ground
- my foot!
- off one's feet
- on foot
- on foot of
- on one's feet
- on the back foot
- on the front foot
- put a foot wrong
- put foot
- put one's best foot forward
- put one's feet up
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it
- set foot in
- set something on foot
- sweep someone off their feet
- the boot is on the other foot
- think on one's feet
- to one's feet
- under foot
- under one's feet
Origin
:
Old English fōt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voet and German Fuss, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit pad, pāda, Greek pous, pod-, and Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’
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