Afoot synonyms

ə-fo͝ot'

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marching
Walking
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hiking
Walking
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on-foot
Walking
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on shank's mare
Walking
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in-progress
In preparation
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going-on
In preparation
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brewing
In preparation
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forthcoming
The definition of forthcoming refers to something that is about to happen, or to someone who is willing to openly share information.
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hatching
In preparation
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advancing
In preparation
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being prepared
In preparation
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in its first stages
In preparation
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in embryo
In preparation
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astir
Having gotten out of bed.
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abroad
Covering a large area; widely:
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in-action
Working
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getting ready
In preparation
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in-the-air
In preparation
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in-the-cards
(Idiomatic) Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen.
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cooking
(Informal) In progress, happening.
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Being considered; under study:
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finished (antonym)
Ended; concluded
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completed (antonym)
Finished
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ended (antonym)
In preparation
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walking (related)
Characterized by or suitable for walking.
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happening
(Slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
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underway
In motion or operation.
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footback
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in-the-offing (related)
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under-way (related)
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being born
In preparation
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Afoot Sentence Examples

  • If I didn't bring a horse or something, I'd be afoot from then on.

  • As one result of the strike of 1890 a movement was set afoot by a number of enthusiasts, more visionary than practical, that has resulted in a measure of more or less disaster.

  • If from habit and tradition he respects a stranger within his threshold, he yet considers it legitimate to warn a neighbour of the prey that is afoot, or even to overtake and plunder his guest after he has quitted his roof.

  • A movement was now set afoot in favour of a confederation of the three republics of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela on the basis of the original conditions existing after the expulsion of Spanish authority, and a resolution was passed by the chamber of deputies to that effect.

  • They deemed that now, with organized rebellion afoot in the Turkish Balkans, was the opportunity to recover Macedonia and Thrace for division among themselves.

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