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foot pursuits

foot pursuits is the plural of foot pursuit.

Meaning of foot pursuit

Noun

foot pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural foot pursuits)

  1. A situation where a law enforcement officer physically chases a suspect on foot in an effort to detain or arrest them.
    • I got in some real wild foot pursuits.1978, Rick Marks, More Than A Run, page 117

Questions about foot pursuits

What is foot pursuits the plural of?
Foot pursuits is the plural of foot pursuit.

Words near foot pursuits in the dictionary

  1. foot per second
  2. foot plough
  3. foot plow
  4. foot pump
  5. foot pursuit
  6. foot pursuits
  7. foot race
  8. foot racer
  9. foot races
  10. foot rest
  11. foot rests

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