foot
verb/fʊt/
/fʊt/
see also first-foot, side-foot, wrong-footVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they foot | /fʊt/ /fʊt/ |
| he / she / it foots | /fʊts/ /fʊts/ |
| past simple footed | /ˈfʊtɪd/ /ˈfʊtɪd/ |
| past participle footed | /ˈfʊtɪd/ /ˈfʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form footing | /ˈfʊtɪŋ/ /ˈfʊtɪŋ/ |
Idioms
See foot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfoot the bill
- (informal) to be responsible for paying the cost of something
- Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
- Who will be footing the bill for the party?
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