feet on the ground
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McFall admitted his family kept his feet on the ground.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
"You get up in morning and you put your feet on the ground and that's another day."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
A Midwestern twang is "a very feet on the ground, back in the heels of your boots type of accent", she said.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Other guys haven’t gotten visits in years but still find reasons to wake up, to put both feet on the ground, and, oddly enough, even to smile.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
Irene swung her legs back over the arm and put her feet on the ground, leaned over her lap toward me.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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