on foot

Idioms  

1. Walking or running, not using a vehicle. For example, There's no road to the lodge; we have to get there on foot. [c. 1300] Also see hoof it; on one's feet; on the right foot.

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on foot

Drivers should stop safely and continue on foot.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Whether on foot, on a bike or in a car, you should take Ocean Avenue down to Scenic Road, turn left and keep on rolling until you’re overlooking Carmel River Scenic Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

"For the moment, we have no reliable information regarding the perpetrators. We do not know whether it is a single person or several, nor whether they fled in a vehicle or on foot," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

After clearing Nepal immigration, pilgrims cross the border on foot to the Chinese immigration facility in Gyirong.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

When she ran away to marry Hans, for example, she’d had to escape the watchful eye of her father, sneak off on foot, and swim half a mile to their rendezvous point.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Related Words

• nomadic
• peripatetic
• roving
• wandering