ADJ
- left, right
- back, front
- He shifted his weight onto his back foot
- dainty (little), small
- big, enormous
- narrow, wide
- flat
- He was excused military service because of his flat feet
- bare
- It's dangerous to walk on the beach in/with bare feet
- blistered, swollen
- dirty, smelly, unwashed
- booted, stockinged
- the rumble of many booted feet on the bridge He padded across the room in his stockinged feet (= wearing socks but no shoes)
- webbed
- Ducks' webbed feet help them to swim
- silent
- He slipped across the corridor on silent feet
- leaden (figurative)
- He walked towards the examination room with leaden feet (= slowly)
- winged (figurative)
- She flew on winged feet (= fast) up the narrow stair
VERB + FOOT
- get to, jump to, leap to, rise to, scramble to
- He got shakily to his feet
- be on
- I've been on my feet all day and I need to sit down for a rest
- plant, put
- I planted my feet firmly on the chair and reached up to the top window. She put her foot down on the accelerator and the car lurched forward
- raise
- He raised his foot off the accelerator pedal
- stamp
- swing
- He swung a foot at the ball but missed completely
- shuffle
- drag
- She dragged her feet as she reluctantly followed her parents
- wipe
- Wipe your feet when you come in from the street
- tread on
- That man trod on my foot and he didn't even apologize
FOOT + VERB
- catch
- His foot caught in the cable and he fell under the train
- slip
- My foot slipped as I was about to shoot and I missed the ball
- crunch, patter, pound, shuffle
- I heard feet crunching over the gravel outside the house
- dangle
- I sat by the river with my feet dangling in the water
- kick
- They carried him out of the room with his feet kicking
- sink
- My feet sank deep into the mud
FOOT + NOUN
- massage
- injury
- passenger, soldier
- Foot passengers were allowed to leave the ferry before the vehicles
- patrol
- soldiers on foot patrol
PREP
- beneath/under your ~
- The snow crunched beneath her feet
- from ~ to ~
- They looked unsure and shifted uneasily from foot to foot
- on ~
- The city is best explored on foot
- in the/your ~
- He's broken several bones in his left foot
- with the/your ~
- She kicked the ball with her right foot
PHRASES
- the ball of the/your foot
- I squatted down to speak to the boy, balancing on the balls of my feet
- from head to foot
- She was dressed from head to foot in green velvet
- put your feet up
- He likes to put his feet up and watch TV when he gets home
- set foot in/on sth
- Cook claimed to be the first European to set foot in Australia
- the sole of the/your foot
- The soles of my feet were covered in blisters