What is the meaning of GET A-FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR. Phrases containing GET A-FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR
See meanings and uses of GET A-FOOT-IN-THE-DOOR!Slangs & AI meanings
To understand, e.g. to 'get' a joke. (ed: when I was in school in Wales I heard a 'get' was the son of an Irish prostitute!)
Used in the thirties and forties to describe exaggerated clothes, especially a zoot suit.Look at that cat's "zoot" suit. It's crazy, man.
Put the boot in is slang for to kick a person, especially when he is already down. Put the boot in is slang for to harass someone or aggravate a problem.Put the boot in is slang for to finish off. something with unnecessary brutality.
Goofy foot is surfing slang for someone who rides the surfboard with the right foot forward, instead of the left.
Get in on the act is slang for to become a participant, particularly for profit.
Get off on the wrong foot is slang for to establish a relationship with a bad start.
Put in the boot was British Great War slang for shoot.
Sounds like foo'. A dummy. ex: "Let's go fool."
Get a foot in the door is slang for to get an initial opportunity.
Verb. Get involved in, apply oneself.
Coot is British slang for a fool, particularly an old fool.
Get in the game is British slang for to become aware of a situation.
Get one's knickers in a twist is British slang for to get agitated, flustered or over−excited.
The boot is slang for dismissal from employment; the sack.
Blue foot is British slang for a prostitute.
Chimney and soot is London Cockney rhyming slang for a foot.
Hand like a foot was old th century slang for poor handwriting.
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n.
Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
a.
Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc.
a.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
n.
Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
n.
That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
a.
Swift of foot.
n.
Jet, the mineral.
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
n.
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
adv.
On foot.
a.
Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot.
v. t.
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
v. t.
To kick with the foot; to spurn.
v. t.
To set on foot; to establish; to land.
v. t.
To renew the foot of, as of stocking.
v. i.
To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
n.
Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
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Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
v. t.
To tread; as, to foot the green.
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