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
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
It was one of the few martial compositions that starts one to one’s feet, and stirs one’s blood with the memory of heroic achievements.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah
The floor was of steel, with a raised chequer pattern in order to give a better grip to one's feet.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
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