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Flatfooted
To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.
📖 Definitions of "Flatfooted"
verb
- 1
To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.
- 2
To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.
- 3
To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.
- 4
To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
adjective
- 1
Having flat feet.
- 2
Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse.
adverb
- 1
Unprepared to respond; unready.
"They were caught flatfooted when Clancy filed to enter the race."
- 2
Putting the entire foot down at once, rather than landing on the ball of the foot and then lowering the rest of the foot.
- 3
With one's feet flat on the ground.
- 4
(of drinking) Without pausing between swallows.
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