underfoot
pronunciation
How to pronounce underfoot in British English:
UK [ˌʌndəˈfʊt]
How to pronounce underfoot in American English:
US [ˌʌndərˈfʊt]
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- Adverb:
- under the feet
- in the way and hindering progress
Word Origin
- underfoot (adv.)
- c. 1200, underfot "under the feet," from under + foot (n.). Compare similarly formed Middle Dutch ondervoete. As an adjective, attested from 1590s; in reference to persons, "continually in the way," it is recorded from 1891. Middle English under fot meant "vanquished, overcome."
Example
- 1. The future of machines lies in the tangled weeds underfoot .
- 2. No , dear . You just stay out from underfoot .
- 3. I didn 't realize it would be so muddy underfoot .
- 4. The ground was hardening underfoot .
- 5. He kept his subjects underfoot .