footrace
noun
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noun
Etymology: From foot + race.
- A race run on foot.
verb
Etymology: From foot + race.
- 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.”
- 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.”