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foot (it)

verb

Definition of foot (it)

as in to walk

to go on foot after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie

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as in to dance

to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy

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This was on full display last September when Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked side by side at a military parade in Beijing – a show of unity among authoritarians.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Beth Sightler walked me around her working-class neighborhood in the Old North End.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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The countless repetitions give you the most beautiful art form where swans glide, fairies dance and every year a giant nutcracker appears.

— Chrissie Leong, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Incorporating the orange hues and color palette of the album, the video spotlights individuals from various walks of life dancing together to the title track of the record.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

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Varsha’s mysterious memories are apparently linked to a much larger set of crises, and in order to make sense of these connections, both Dinu and Ghosh will have to dispense with the material and tread into the metaphysical.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Consider paintings like Caracalla, where the titular emperor treads a trail of rose petals; or In a Rose Garden, where a woman shakes the petals of a rose bush down on her companion; and the extravaganza of The Roses of Heliogabalus.

— Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2026

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