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a⋅foot

  [uh-foot]
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–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.
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Afoot

A*foot"\, adv. [Pref. a- + foot.]

1. On foot.

We 'll walk afoot a while. --Shak.

2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.

The matter being afoot. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : afoot
Spanish: en marchaen marcha,
German: im Gange,
Japanese: 進行中の
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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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