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footslog

[ foot-slog ]
/ ˈfʊtˌslɒg /
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verb (used without object), foot·slogged, foot·slog·ging.
to go on foot through or as if through mud.
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Origin of footslog

First recorded in 1895–1900; foot + slog

OTHER WORDS FROM footslog

footslogger, noun

Words nearby footslog

foot rule, foots, foot score, footscraper, footsie, footslog, foot soldier, footsore, footstalk, footstall, footstep
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Words related to footslog

expedition, hike, odyssey, trip, gallop, plod, ramble, roam, slog, traipse, trample, trudge, lumber, stumble, tramp, trek, wade, hegira, march, peregrination

How to use footslog in a sentence

  • On Wednesday (the 22nd) I had to do a footslog, owing to my horse giving out.

    A Yeoman's Letters|P. T. Ross

British Dictionary definitions for footslog

footslog
/ (ˈfʊtˌslɒɡ) /
verb -slogs, -slogging or -slogged
(intr) to march; tramp

Derived forms of footslog

footslogger, noun
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