footed (up)

past tense of foot (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footed (up)
Verb
  • The Ocean Terrace last underwent a major update in 2016 when a large, elevated bar area was added.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Prendergast added that some mining companies don’t survey for native bees, so there may be even more species out there, including those that are vital parts of threatened plants and ecosystems.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.
    Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Typically, the report is released on the first Friday of the month and includes information about how many jobs were added or subtracted from each industry.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Footed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footed%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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