foot drop
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foot drop
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After two operations carried out by Mr Jabbar, Mansur suffered nerve damage resulting in foot drop, which can cause difficulty lifting or moving your foot and can affect the way you walk.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
He has foot drop, which causes his toes to drag, because the muscles controlling the top of his foot atrophied while he was in the coma.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Her grandfather had suffered from Parkinson’s disease and early in his illness had developed foot drop, which involves difficulty lifting the front of the foot.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2018
The Mississippi River at St. Louis on Monday was forecast to recede by nearly two feet by the end of the month, but as of Tuesday morning the forecast showed a 1-1/2 foot drop.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2012
Adv. partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
