fleet of foot

phrase

literary

: able to run fast

Examples of fleet of foot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eldridge, who isn’t exactly fleet of foot, also stole the first base of his career after drawing a walk. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Valanciunas, who isn’t fleet of foot, struggled when Oklahoma City went small on Friday. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026

That phrase turned a planned running play into a fake handoff to the tailback and a naked bootleg from a QB not known for being fleet of foot. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2025

The problem is that getting transfers over the line often requires being fleet of foot; how and whether this can work, given the flux at director level within the club, is not yet clear. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 June 2025

Even Pete Alonso and Mark Vientos have tripled this season, and neither of them could be described as fleet of foot. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025

Wahlstrom’s lack of pace was compounded by his third-line placement with Brazeau, who is not fleet of foot either. — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024

Anthony Volpe laced a single with two outs to left field, but Stanton, who isn’t the most fleet of foot, was waved home by third base coach Luis Rojas. — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024

Rhymes for fleet of foot

• occiput
• tenderfoot
• underfoot
• afoot
• barefoot
• bigfoot
• blackfoot
• caput
• clubfoot
• cocksfoot
• crowfoot
• forefoot