underfeet

Adverb

underfoot (not comparable)

1. Under one's foot or feet.
   • The workers were all big, burly, hard-hearted men, tromping through the marsh in their heavy boots without sparing so much as a single thought for the masses of tiny frogs they crushed underfoot.
2. In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
   • It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot.

See all 8 meanings of underfoot