foot
noun
uk/fʊt/ us [ C ] MEASURES plural feet | foot (written abbreviation ft)
a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches or 0.3048 metres, sometimes shown by the symbol ′:
His brief was to provide 10 million square feet of office space on a 16-acre site.
[ S ]
the bottom or lower end of something:
the foot of sth Additional notes are added at the foot of the page.
be run/rushed off your feet
to be extremely busy:
Business was booming, and everyone in the office was rushed off their feet.
drag your feet
to be very slow in doing sth, for example taking a decision:
Reformers claim that the FSA is dragging its feet on banking reform.
fall/land on your feet
to be successful or lucky, especially after a period of not having success or luck:
After the redundancies, about a fifth of the workers immediately landed on their feet, getting jobs at a local start-up company.
get back on your feet (also get sb/sth back on their feet)
to start experiencing an improved situation after a time of trouble or difficulty or to help a person, company, etc. to do this:
There is enormous support for quick, low-interest loans to help companies get back on their feet after a disaster.
get a/your foot in the door
to enter a business or an organization at a low level, but with a chance of being more successful in the future:
Graduate Careers Opportunities will help you get a foot in the door of your chosen career.
get your feet wet
to start doing something new:
The company got its feet wet by taking a stand at the trader's exhibition.
foot
verb
uk/fʊt/ usfoot the bill
to pay the cost of something:
Senior managers might be able to get employers to foot the bill for a weekend executive-MBA program.