to one's feet
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In contrast, the energy expended while watching - even accounting for gesticulating, shouting and leaping to one's feet every so often - is just 215.5kcals.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2010
He argued that rising to one’s feet at such a time tended to make the choir-boys conceited.
From The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland by Bowman, Isa
We ascended over a road of unspeakable torture to one's feet.
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
Every day a dozen lucky chances might occur to help one to one's feet.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
The shooba reaches nearly to one's feet, and is better adapted to riding than walking.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
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