UNDERFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underfoot mean? 

• UNDERFOOT (adverb)
  The adverb UNDERFOOT has 2 senses:

1. under the feet

2. in the way and hindering progress

  Familiarity information: UNDERFOOT used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERFOOT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Under the feet

Context example:

green grass growing underfoot

Sense 2

Meaning:

In the way and hindering progress

Context example:

a house with children and pets and toys always underfoot

 Context examples 

He had done this thing before, somewhere in that other and dimly remembered world, and he was doing it again, now, running free in the open, the unpacked earth underfoot, the wide sky overhead.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)