to foot
- verb
- /fʊt/
- Specialized
- At the end of the month, I need to foot all the expenses from our project to ensure we stay within budget.
Examples
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Before submitting the report, please foot the columns to double-check the totals.
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Let's advocate to end all energy subsidies, dismantle the EPA, throw all regulations that aren't absolutely justified, and create a free market where every entrepreneur is on even footing with all the others.
Blog text (14) -
Look, I'll get back to you once I foot this through.
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This is the price that we pay for this income, so it is only fair that the ones who cause these problems foot the bills that are attached to them.
Blog text (12) -
Trout knew that even the most sure-footed person makes a mistake at least once in his or her life.
Fiction book (1999) -
Freedom costs something, and if that cost includes Starbucks having to buy a few new windows and the police department/taxpayers having to foot the bill for a new cop car, or twenty, so be it.
Blog text (3) -
The accountant will foot the numbers to verify that they add up correctly before the meeting.
Synonyms
Put numbers or amounts together to find their total
To add two or more numbers to find their total
Find the total of several numbers
To calculate the total of two or more numbers by putting them together
Add numbers in a column to find the total
To add numbers together to find the total
Add numbers to find the total
To add a group of numbers to find the total
Idioms
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
- Informal
A situation that has changed so the other person has the advantage
- Informal
Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
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
- Specialized
A foot problem from long cold, wet exposure that causes pain, swelling, and numbness
- 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
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 small plant from eastern United States with pale blue or purple flowers like pansies
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
- Specialized
A foot born with a deep gap between the third and fourth toes that extends into the foot
A small line at the outer corner of the eye that often appears with age or when you smile
- Australian
A fern from Australia with hairy underground stems that look like a rabbit's foot
- Specialized
A spreading infection of the feet of animals like sheep and cows that causes swelling and difficulty walking
- Specialized
A disease that makes the base of a plant's stem or trunk decay, often after too much water
- Formal
Moving to another place to show a political or personal preference instead of voting in an election
- 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
- Australian
A plant from Australia with long grasslike leaves and fuzzy flower clusters
- Specialized
A fern with furry underground stems and large deeply divided green leaves
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foot meaning 'to add up' numbers comes from the same image of the bottom of a page; to foot a column is to add the numbers and write the total at the 'foot' (bottom) of the list.