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verb

as in to pay
to give what is owed for I'll foot the bill for dinner

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of foot
Noun
Even 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet. Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025 To add 5,000 homes, millions of square feet of office space, half a million square feet of retail and 1,000 hotel rooms, developers cut down 1,400 acres of forest in a city where the tree canopy is steadily shrinking. Khadejeh Nikouyeh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
Consumer products are a lucrative revenue stream for media companies, with their partners footing most of the bill for development, manufacturing and distribution. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025 By most metrics, this is the strongest buyer footing in years, and by some measures in decades, with more time to decide, more options to choose from, and more room to negotiate. Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foot
Noun
  • Her statement-making look featured a sleeveless shirt covered in oversize paillettes that bled into blues on the bottom.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • As per usual, her shiny blond ends hugged the bottom of her ears, not a long strand in sight.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Adding another big contract would have been prohibitive ahead of an offseason where the Ravens will want to pay center Tyler Linderbaum, nose tackle Travis Jones, tight end Isaiah Likely and several others.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • On Tuesday, supervisors also unanimously passed a measure calling on the federal government to immediately start paying SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Four people were rescued — two French and two Nepali nationals — and five Nepalis were able to make their own way back to base camp, located at 4,900 meters (16,070 feet).
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Five foreigners were injured at the base camp on Mount Yalung Ri, located at 16,070 feet.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Mexico enters the 2026 World Cup with the excitement and pressure of co-hosting the tournament, eager to finally break its long-standing barrier of reaching the Round of 16.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In one of the most popular videos, a woman stands with spices attached to her outfit.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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