afoot
/əˈfʊt/ adverb C2- On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)
- On foot. (support of the body, standing)
- In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
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I fear this means that there is some mischief afoot.”
He had hurried back to the house, followed within a few minutes by the police sergeant, who arrived at the scene of the crime a little after twelve o’clock, after taking prompt steps to warn the county authorities that something serious was afoot.
Is there any news of game afoot?
“Is it not extraordinary that a burglar—and a burglar who had had some previous experience—should deliberately break into a house at a time when he could see from the lights that two of the family were still afoot?”
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