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单词 foot
释义 foot

foot // noun, verb

noun [C] (plural feet // or foot)

a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres

IDIOMS

be run/rushed off your feet

to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do:

Weekdays are slow in the restaurant, but at weekends the staff are rushed off their feet.

get your feet wet (especially AmE) (informal)

to start doing sth new:

This is a good way of getting your feet wet in e-commerce.

get/have a/your foot in the door

to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success:

They wanted to get a foot in the door of the developing telecoms industry.

on your feet

in a normal state again after a period of trouble or difficulty:

The new chairman hopes to get the company back on its feet within six months.

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verb

IDIOMS

foot the bill (informal)

to be responsible for paying the cost of sth:

Manufacturers will have to foot the bill for recycling their products.

Your employer might foot the bill for a part-time MBA course.

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