sweep off feet

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Definitions

Phrases

• feet of clay
• feet on the ground
• at someone's feet
• both feet on the ground
• dead on one's feet
• don't let the grass grow under one's feet
• drag one's feet
• fall on one's feet
• get one's feet wet
• get the lead out of (one's feet)
• get to one's feet
• have two left feet
• hold someone's feet to the fire
• off one's feet
• on one's feet
• put one's feet up
• rush off one's feet
• shake the dust from one's feet
• six feet under
• stand on one's feet
• take the load off (one's feet)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

• Air cushions in the legs and feet area of the chair help your circulation and add to the feeling of relaxation.

• When DyRET is walking, it continuously senses the environment through its feet and 3D camera.

• Everything the Sixers do on defense revolves around his ability — through his unique combination of size, quick feet and basketball IQ — to both control the paint and wall off the path to the rim.

• Stagger your feet heel to toe, with the top foot in front of the bottom foot.

• The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.

• “Wait…” Suddenly a huge, graceful black marlin leaps out of the water, sending a shower of water ten feet high.

• Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

• By contrast, a gun will allow a pilot to attack hostile forces that are less than 300 feet from friendly ground forces.

• The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.

• He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.

• Moreover, most of the burrows were only a few feet apart and no agonistic behavior was witnessed.

• Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.

• We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.

• He is rather tall and narrow, and wears a long abb's coat reaching nearly down to his feet.