Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foot it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: foot it
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To walk.

verb

verb

To drive quickly, with the accelerator down.

Example Sentences

"At length, receiving his quarterly allowance of fifteen guineas, instead of discharging his debts he walk'd out of town, hid his gown in a furze bush, and footed it to London, […]"
"`'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'"
"The Mail would be footing it at fifty—maybe more."

Inflected Forms

foots it (present, singular) footing it (participle, present) footed it (participle, past) footed it (past)

Questions

What does foot it mean?: To walk.

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