footing (it)

present participle of foot (it)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for footing (it)
Verb
  • The duo ended up walking away from the group and a record deal to create KISS.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • That's the hardest part, is walking away from all those young men in that locker room — the recruits that were committed to us.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile warm-up demonstrations in Portland feature protestors in inflatable animal costumes—lots of frogs, along with unicorns, chickens, dinosaurs dancing in the streets, providing an alternative visual to the menace of masked enforcement agents.
    Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Fridays are the night to attend to enjoy extra activities like singing and dancing at the Great Big BOO Musical Show, as the crew tries to save Halloween from the curse of Wendella the Witch.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That season’s Sharks — a talented group, to be sure — ended up treading water for the first three months before coming together in the second half and eventually reaching the Stanley Cup Final.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Video from the scene, obtained by Newsflare, shows the animal cautiously swimming toward the agency's boat as officers extend a makeshift flotation device to give the big cat a place to rest, rather than treading water.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Footing (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footing%20%28it%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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