to foot
- verb
- /fʊt/
- Informal
- After missing the bus, I had no choice but to foot it to work.
Examples
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As soon as we had completed our flight, we hot-footed it from Nazca to the much more aesthetically charming Huacachina, a small town built around an oasis surrounded by monolithic dunes.
Blog text (12) -
We footed it the short distance to the chow hall.
Fiction book (1994) -
Afterwards, I'll have to hot foot it to Chicago to give some talks at the ABA's headquarters.
Academic text (1994) -
I was late and was footing it through a labyrinth of chipped tiled corridors and worn arabesque carpets.
Academic text (2010) -
With 6 seconds until the final tick of the clock, Casey Harsch footed it to Cassandra Soars, who put the icing on the cake with a goal to make the final score 2-0.
Blog text (13) -
We decided to foot it to the concert since it was only a short distance away.
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When the car broke down, we had to foot it the rest of the way home.
Synonyms
To move on foot at a normal speed
To step on something with your foot, often pressing down
To walk with heavy steps, often over rough ground
Walk somewhere instead of going by car or bus
To walk quickly, often for a long distance
To walk slowly and with effort over long or difficult ground
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A situation that has changed so the other person has the advantage
- Informal
Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident
Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
A thing you press with your foot to control a machine like a car or sewing machine
An infection on the feet, often between the toes, caused by a fungus that makes the skin itch and peel
- Specialized
A very contagious viral disease of animals like cows or sheep that causes fever and mouth and hoof sores
- Specialized
A measure of wood volume equal to a piece one foot long, one foot wide and one inch thick
A small line at the outer corner of the eye that often appears with age or when you smile
- Specialized
A foot problem from long cold, wet exposure that causes pain, swelling, and numbness
- Specialized
A spreading infection of the feet of animals like sheep and cows that causes swelling and difficulty walking
- Specialized
A small soft tube with a sucker that starfish and sea urchins use to move, eat, and breathe
- Specialized
A pale yellow liquid from cattle feet and legs that softens and protects leather
- Specialized
A foot born with a deep gap between the third and fourth toes that extends into the foot
- Formal
Moving to another place to show a political or personal preference instead of voting in an election
- Specialized
A disease that makes the base of a plant's stem or trunk decay, often after too much water
A small plant from eastern United States with pale blue or purple flowers like pansies
- Archaic
A unit for measuring how bright a surface like a screen is per square foot
- Specialized
A fern with furry underground stems and large deeply divided green leaves
- Australian
A plant from Australia with long grasslike leaves and fuzzy flower clusters
A small plant with yellow flowers and seed pods like a bird's foot often grown for animals to eat
- Specialized
A small fern with purple-brown stalks and divided leaves like a bird's foot
A fern from the Canary Islands and Madeira with soft, hairy underground stems like a hare's foot
- UK
A low plant with silvery leaves and small white flowers that forms a soft ground cover
- Australian
A fern from Australia with hairy underground stems that look like a rabbit's foot
- South African
A small South African plant with bluish flowers and leaves shaped like a goat's foot
- Specialized
A fern with soft, hairy creeping stems that look like a rabbit's foot
- Specialized
A bird foot with the first two toes pointing backward and the other two pointing forward
- Specialized
A robotic gripper with two toes pointing backward and two pointing forward to hold oddly shaped objects
- Specialized
A foot injury from being in cold, wet places for a long time without freezing
- Specialized
A soft body part that animals without backbones use to move or hold on
- Australian
An Australian plant with fuzzy spring flowers shaped like a kangaroo's foot
A soft pad that you put inside a shoe to support the foot and reduce pain
A North American plant that lives for one year with bright pink or red pea-like flowers
A feathery fern with soft furry underground stems that look like a squirrel's foot
- Specialized
A bird foot with two toes pointing forward and two pointing backward
- Specialized
The end part of an animal leg used for standing and for moving, like a human foot, hoof or claw
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Foot (informal verb) meaning 'to walk' comes directly from the noun; to foot it is to use your feet to go somewhere rather than using a vehicle.