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on foot

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishon fote, fromOld Englishon fōte(“on foot”), equivalent toon +‎foot.

Prepositional phrase

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onfoot

  1. On one's feet;walking,jogging orrunning but not in avehicle or on theback of ananimal.[from 10th c.]
    The pub's not far: let's goon foot.
    • 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, inRailway Magazine, page408:
      At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, evenon foot.
  2. (now rare, chiefly hunting) On the move;astir.[from 14th c.]
  3. In progress or inpreparation;active,in operation.[from 16th c.]
    • 1789,John Moore,Zeluco, Valancourt, published2008, page113:
      [W]ithin a short time it was generally believed at Naples, that a treaty of marriage wason foot between Zeluco and the young lady in question[…].

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Translations

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walking, jogging, running—see alsoafoot
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