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Definition of foot verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

foot

verb

NAmE//fʊt//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they foot

he / she / it foots

past simple footed

-ing form footing

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Idioms

foot the bill (informal)

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to be responsible for paying the cost of something Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill. Who will be footing the bill for the party?

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foot noun
club foot noun
foot fault noun
splay-foot noun
foot soldier noun
trench foot noun
athlete's foot noun
10,000-foot view noun
…my foot!
foot-and-mouth disease noun
foot the bill
put your foot down
from head to foot/toe
put your best foot forward
set foot in/on something
shoot yourself in the foot
have one foot in the grave
put your foot in your mouth
bind/tie somebody hand and foot
have/keep a foot in both camps

Idioms

…my foot!
foot the bill
put your foot down
from head to foot/toe
put your best foot forward
set foot in/on something
shoot yourself in the foot
have one foot in the grave
put your foot in your mouth
bind/tie somebody hand and foot
have/keep a foot in both camps
get/have a/your foot in the door
the shoe is on the other foot
wait on somebody hand and foot
get/start off on the right/wrong foot (with somebody)
not touch somebody/something with a ten-foot pole

Nearby words

foosball noun
foot noun
foot verb
footage noun
foot-and-mouth disease noun