footstep
Americannoun
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the setting down of a foot, or the sound so produced; footfall; tread.
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the distance covered by a step in walking; pace.
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a footprint.
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a step by which to ascend or descend.
idioms
noun
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the action of taking a step in walking
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the sound made by stepping or walking
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the distance covered with a step; pace
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a footmark
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a single stair; step
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to continue the tradition or example of another
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Etymology
Origin of footstep
First recorded in 1175–1225, footstep is from Middle English foote steppe. See foot, step
Vocabulary lists containing footstep
Example Sentences
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He measured his own foot, however, in the Bloody Footstep.
From Sketches and Studies by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
He measured his own foot, however, in the Bloody Footstep, and went on.
From The Ancestral Footstep (fragment) Outlines of an English Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
And I told you there was a Bloody Footstep, bearing its track down through my race.
From The Dolliver Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
He looked, as he stept over it, for the Bloody Footstep, with which the house had so long been associated in his imagination; but could nowhere see it.
From Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
In August, 1855, during his consulate in Liverpool, he visited Smithell's Hall, near Bolton, and heard the legend of the Bloody Footstep.
From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith
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