Meaning of turn of foot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The ability to accelerate quickly.
2. A burst of speed in a horse race.
3. A burst of speed.
   broadly
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, foot.

Examples

“So myth number one is that horses who finish fast in the final furlong are horses to follow because they possess a turn of foot.”

“He had a turn of foot that could see him outsprint many a staying horse over the 2400 metres, but that was his limit.”

“The squareish track was flat and suited horses with a turn of foot, which exactly described the two runners that Brewer was sending there on the day following Matt's return from Sedgefield.”

“Meanwhile Charlie Bell reported the stable's latest acquisition: a very good jumper but, as far as he could determine to date, 'without a great turn of foot'.”

“A good deal of a horse's efforts at acceleration are dissipated by the surface. On grass, a turn of foot is a powerful weapon. On dirt or the All-weather it counts for very little.”

“He had failed to match the lightening turn of foot of Desert Destination, but was now eating up the ground and was almost up-sides.”

“He felt that, as he put him in a gallop, the estimated speed they were travelling at was forty miles an hour and his turn of foot was breathtaking.”

“The winner then found an impressive and immediate turn of foot to accelerate away from Nichols Canyon after the second-last, and he was full value for his healthy winning margin at the line.”

“The final gear change is phenomenal. His turn of foot prodigious.”

“Showing an unexpectedly fleet turn of foot, she ducked through to safety, smartly shutting the door in our faces just in time.”

“The lateral turn of foot not only is the result of complicated turning movements of thigh, shank, and foot in the propulsive period, but also provides conditions for the normal transport of the limb in front after its disconnection.”

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