footed (up)

Definition of footed (up)next
past tense of foot (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for footed (up)
Verb
  • Camera Cinemas — the independent outfit led by Jack NyBlom, Jim Zuur and Dennis Skaggs — came in, renovated and added four auditoriums and reopened in July 2002 with a combo of first-run blockbusters and independent movies.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Two-way player Daniss Jenkins added six rebounds and a career-high 15 assists.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
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 8 Jan. 2026.

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