on foot

Idioms and Phrases

Walking or running, not using a vehicle. For example, There's no road to the lodge; we have to get there on foot . [c. 1300] Also see hoof it ; on one's feet ; on the right foot .

Example Sentences

And this death-on-foot carried a white-cloth board black-bordered like a funeral-card.

From Project Gutenberg

He had practically no accent at all, and was wearing a Japanese baseball-team uniform and spray-on foot-coverings.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• nomadic
• peripatetic
• roving
• wandering