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afoot

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a⋅foot

  [uh-foot]
Use afoot in a Sentence
–adverb, adjective
1. on foot; walking: I came afoot.
2. astir; in progress: There is mischief afoot.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME a fote, on fote. See a- 1 , foot
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a·foot   (ə-fŏŏt')   
adv.   & adj.

  1. On foot; walking.

  2. In the process of being carried out; astir: plans afoot to resign.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

afoot 
1205, afote, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + foot (q.v.). Fig. sense of "in active operation" is 1601 (first recorded in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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