Holmes struck the door just over the lock with the flat of his foot and it flew open.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
So wily was he that he had not trusted himself upon foot, but he had availed himself of a cab so that he could loiter behind or dash past them and so escape their notice.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I am reckoned fleet of foot, but he outpaced me as much as I outpaced the little professional.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Holmes sank to his waist as he stepped from the path to seize it, and had we not been there to drag him out he could never have set his foot upon firm land again.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Go back and never set foot upon the moor again.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
At last my foot was on the threshold of his hiding place—his secret was within my grasp.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Her eyes blazed at me, and she tapped the ground impatiently with her foot.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It had struck me that it was possible that some love intrigue was on foot.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— the terminal part of the vertebrate (see VERTEBRATE entry 1) leg upon which an individual stands
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Macmillan
— the part of your body at the end of your leg, on which you stand
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Other Word Forms
feet
footed
footing
foots
Usage
9 uses of ‘foot’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle