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footrace

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From foot + race.

  1. A race run on foot.

verb

Etymology: From foot + race.

  1. To race on foot.

    “[T]he Moslems footraced around the Kaba three times at top speed, to demonstrate to the observant Koreish that they were in excellent physical condition; […]”

    “As we footraced back to the fort, I saw the lieutenant standing on top the walls watching this string of grown-up children flying along the path pursued by their barking and excited dogs.”

  2. To race (someone or something) on foot.

    “I could almost feel the clear spool when the game turned, headed along the beach, and I footraced him for line, and won.”

    “Next Representative McCarthy promises to footrace a Manhattan bus to prove that transportation is snarled.”