foot
noun
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
had been footing
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past perfect progressiveof foot.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In “Incredibles 2,” the government can’t be relied on, but it also, until recently, had been footing the bill for the Incredibles.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
It was, by chance, the very tune to which they had been footing when he died, and unable to bear its notes, she hastily told her driver to drop behind.
From A Changed Man; and other tales by Hardy, Thomas
The boat had been footing it strongly, since Peter had eased her off a point.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
