foot
noun
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
have been footing
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present perfect progressiveof foot.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But he said he had to be fair to taxpayers who have been footing the bill for increasing winter heating payments.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
I am not saying it is right, AT ALL, that you guys have been footing the bill since his ex quit her job.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2022
As Bazelon ably reports, the reality of the anti-incarceration movement in this country is that rich philanthropists have been footing much of the bill, prompted simply by evident injustice.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
A September report by Extra, a Rio newspaper, revealed that some police officers, many of whom are paid little more than the minimum wage, have been footing the bills for repairs.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2013
And, for all he thought, or saw, or felt, of his surroundings, he might have been footing the superheated plains of a tropical desert.
From The Law-Breakers by Cullum, Ridgwell
