"foot it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: foots it [present, singular, third-person], footing it [participle, present], footed it [participle, past], footed it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} foot it (third-person singular simple present foots it, present participle footing it, simple past and past participle footed it)
  1. To walk.
    Sense id: en-foot_it-en-verb-bMjYYa2i
  2. To dance.
    Sense id: en-foot_it-en-verb-hRBqq8xf
  3. To drive quickly, with the accelerator down.
    Sense id: en-foot_it-en-verb-eYzS1VWK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 25 25 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 17 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 13 74

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1771–1790, Benjamin Franklin, “The Autobiography [Part 1]”, in John Bigelow, editor, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., published 1868, →OCLC, page 158:",
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