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horse and foot

horse and foot noun: all the troops, all the army, all forces.

Noun

horse and foot pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) All the troops, all the army, all forces.

Adverb

horse and foot (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) With all one's might, with all one's strength, as hard as one can.
    Synonyms:
    with might and main

horse and foot meaning in Tamil

horse and foot in Tamil

வாகினி

Synonyms of horse and foot

  • with might and main

Origin of horse and foot

From horse, meaning "cavalry", and foot, meaning "infantry".

Questions about horse and foot

What does horse and foot mean?
Horse and foot means all the troops, all the army, all forces.
What is horse and foot in Tamil?
Horse and foot in Tamil is வாகினி. See Horse and foot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is horse and foot?
Horse and foot can be a noun or an adverb.

Words near horse and foot in the dictionary

  1. horse
  2. horse about
  3. horse and buggy
  4. horse and carriage
  5. horse and cart
  6. horse and foot
  7. horse and hattock
  8. Horse and Jockey
  9. horse and rabbit stew
  10. horse and rabbit stews
  11. horse ant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horse and foot (page history and authors); horse and foot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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