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foot (it)

verb

Definition of foot (it)

as in to walk

to go on foot after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie

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as in to dance

to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy

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Joy walks by to get into the walk-in fridge and sticks her tongue out at Gen’s back.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
As the clock ticked down to kickoff and the team continued warmups, Nabers walked around the field a bit, at one point stepping into the end zone to raise his arms and pump up fans.

— Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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In what is arguably the ballet’s climax, the Joffrey’s entire bench of 24 men performs as a spectacular corps de ballet, dancing out the frustration of being unable to find work when the 1920s crash into the ‘30s.

— Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Distant lights – maybe car lights or fireflies – dance across a pitch-black night scene.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

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Trump treads carefully The leaders last met in Beijing just four months ago, and could meet twice more later this year.

— Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
From their perspective, governments have an important responsibility to tread carefully when denying entry to migrants and especially when deporting them.

— J. Toby Reiner, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

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foot (it)

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