foot
noun
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
were footing
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past progressiveof foot.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As the search disastrously proceeded, he burned through money on the production as though Paramount Pictures were footing the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
Bankman-Fried authorized investments in K5 projects that enriched Kives and Baum with no payoff for FTX or its customers, who were footing the bill, FTX alleged.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2023
In 2016, the newspaper found that the state's residents were footing 90 percent of the bill for cleanups.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023
Per tradition, we were footing the bill for the wedding and reception at a nice hotel near our home and a nice honeymoon to a coastal resort in California.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2020
As the couple were footing it, there was a noise as of a rapid cavalcade traversing the Place Vendome, and stopping at the Marquis's door.
From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace
