Thesaurus results for FOOT (IT)

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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Bhargavendra Singh walked with dignity at their head, making a ceremony of the affair.

— Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
The team has invested too much in Joe Milton III and Sam Howell to let either guy walk.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of walk

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Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
As skirts got shorter and the Jazz Age changed how women dressed, women wanted to show off their feet and looked for secure shoes for dancing.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dance

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Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Speaking of the houseboat, the finale treads some familiar ground for Lewis.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026

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footing (up)

foot (it)

footle

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