Meaning of feet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fact; performance; feat.
   obsolete
2. Plural of foot.
3. a pl. of foot.
4. , pl. de foot; pies.
5. the plural of foot
6. at someone's feet as someone's disciple
7. be run off one's feet be rushed off one's feet to be very busy
8. carry off one's feet sweep off one's feet to fill with enthusiasm
9. feet of clay a weakness that is not widely known
10. get one's feet wet to begin to participate in something
11. have one's feet on the ground keep one's feet on the ground to be practical and reliable

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Examples

“There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.”

“Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.”

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