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foot fault
noun
tennis : the mistake of not keeping your feet behind the baseline when you serve
Full Definition of FOOT FAULT
: an infraction of the service rules (as in tennis, racquetball, or volleyball) that results from illegal placement of the server's feet
— foot·fault \ˈfu̇t-ˌfȯlt\ intransitive verb
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First Known Use of FOOT FAULT
1886
Rhymes with FOOT FAULT
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