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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.

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