foot
noun
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
have footed
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present perfectof foot.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Liccardo said Santa Clara taxpayers — the majority of whom reside in San Jose — have footed the bill for eight-figure payouts in response to the failures of the sheriff’s management.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
Traditionally, cities and counties have footed the bill for expanding roads and other utilities for new development, forecasting jobs, population growth, and an expanded tax base but discounting distant repair obligations.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2017
Besides, they, not the city it enhances, have footed its bills for nearly two centuries.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2012
There was a yellow late- payment notice from Nov. 23, 2012, when the city should have footed all the rent; and another from four months later, when the city was late again.
From Washington Post
The shadows of the winter night might have footed it to the soft measures of the hornpipe which Jim Otis played on his fiddle.
From Madelon A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
