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Word entry · 5 letters

afoot

Best crossword clue

"In motion"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /əˈfʊt/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted afootStarts with AEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2F3O4O5T

Definitions

  1. In progress, underway, or moving by walking.

Word origin

From a- + foot.

Used in a sentence

  • Is it fit, let your mightyship say, / That I, like some pitiful flirt, / Should tarry within doors all day, / Or else trudge it afoot in the dirt?
  • "The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot.
  • Hamlet: […]I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, / Even with the very comment of thy soul / Observe mine uncle:[…]

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