foot drop
nounPathology.
extension of the foot caused by paralysis of the flexor muscles of the leg.
Origin of foot drop
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby foot drop
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How to use foot drop in a sentence
I didn't think even he would tackle a sixty-thousand-foot drop.
The Skylark of Space | Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins GarbyBefore us, over the brink of a five hundred-foot drop, a great glistening plain stretched into the distance.
Beyond the Vanishing Point | Raymond King CummingsFrederick ordered her to be quiet, and she let her foot drop again on the leather upholstery.
Atlantis | Gerhart HauptmannWhew, I wouldn't like to take the chances of a thirty-foot drop like that, if the branch broke or his trousers tore!
Fast Nine | Alan DouglasThere was a six-foot drop on the far side into a lane; but it was now neck or nothing, so I let myself go.
Jim Davis | John Masefield
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