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on foot

on foot prepositional phrase: on one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal.

Prepositional phrase

  1. On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal.
    • The pub's not far: let's go on foot.
    • At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408
  2. (archaic) On the move; astir.
  3. In progress or in preparation; active, in operation.
    • [W]ithin a short time it was generally believed at Naples, that a treaty of marriage was on foot between Zeluco and the young lady in question […].1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 113
    • ‘I didn't know anything of this sort was on foot.’ Brangwen smiled awkwardly.1921, DH Lawrence, Women in Love, Vintage, published 2008, page 250

on foot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

on foot in Hindi

walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
पैदल paidal

on foot in Tamil

கால்நடையாக, நடந்து செல்லுதல்

on foot in Urdu

walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
پیدل paidal

on foot in Telugu

walking, jogging, running — see also afoot
నడుస్తూ naḍustū
More languagesFewer languages
on foot in Punjabi
ਪੈਦਲ paidal, پیدل paidal
on foot in Gujarati
પાળું pāḷũ
on foot in Arabic
مَاشِيًا māšiyan
on foot in Persian
پیاده pyâde
on foot in Vietnamese
đi bộ, đi chân, cuốc bộ

Synonyms of on foot

Origin of on foot

From Middle English on fote, from Old English on fōte (“on foot”), equivalent to on + foot.

Questions about on foot

What does on foot mean?
On foot means on one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal.
What is on foot in Hindi?
On foot in Hindi is पैदल (paidal). See On foot meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is on foot?
On foot is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on foot in the dictionary

  1. on firecall
  2. on first-name basis
  3. on first-name terms
  4. on fleek
  5. on foenem grave
  6. on foot
  7. on form
  8. on fours
  9. on G
  10. on God
  11. on God's green Earth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on foot (page history and authors); on foot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پیدل (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પાળું (Gujarati) (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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