Foot Definition
- understructure
- substructure
- groundwork
- fundament
- base
- foundation
- pes
- human foot
- ft
- infantry
- metrical-unit
- metrical-foot
- invertebrate foot
- animal foot
- tootsy
A surname.
- Enchanted or fascinated by another.
- A favorable initial impression:
He always has his best foot forward when speaking to his constituents. Put your best foot forward during an employment interview.
- An underlying weakness or fault:
- An initial point of or opportunity for entry.
- A first step in working toward a goal.
- To start a new activity or job.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Foot
- at (someone's) feet
- best foot forward
- feet of clay
- foot in the door
- get (one's) feet wet
- have one foot in the grave
- have (one's) feet on the ground
- on (one's) feet
- on the right foot
- on the wrong foot
- a foot in the door
- foot it
- of foot
- on foot
- on the wrong foot
- put one's best foot forward
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- under foot
Origin of Foot
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From Middle English, from Old English fōt (“foot”), from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”) (compare Scots fit, West Frisian foet, Dutch voet, German Fuß, Danish fod), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Hittite pata, Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Russian под (pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Albanian shputë (“palm, foot sole”), Armenian ոտն (otn), Sanskrit पद् (pád)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English fot from Old English fōt ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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