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underfoot

adverb un·der·foot \-ˈfu̇t\

: below your feet

: near your feet so as to make movement difficult

Full Definition of UNDERFOOT

: under the foot especially against the ground <trampled the flowers underfoot>

: below, at, or before one's feet <warm sand underfoot>

: in the way <children always getting underfoot>

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13th century

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adverb un·der·foot \ˌən-dər-ˈfu̇t\

: under the feet <… the slippery stones slid away underfoot. — Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic>

: close about a person's feet : in the way <My puppy is always underfoot.>

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