barefoot

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I wear soft moccasins or go barefoot, and my feet have never been healthier in 40 years.

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  1. adverb With nothing on the feet: walking barefoot in the grass; a barefoot boy.

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  • And I can bust my way through some pile-ups barefoot, as I don't have an amp (should I say yet?). —  eHam.net News
  • When Cheryl tells the jury that she and Patrick ran up the street barefoot, the prosecution objects and Cheryl continues talking. —  Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com
  • Joss Stone ran out of her own rehearsal studio -- barefoot -- and begged a security guard for entry. —  CNN.com
  • As we strode up the ramp barefoot, a thoughtful fisherman pointed out one particular nail famous for its ability to "rip a big toe clean off."
  • CJ arrives, barefoot, and enters from stage right so he won't hurt his feet on the stairs. —  Reality TV Magazine
 

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  1. from Middle English barefote, barfot, from Anglo-Saxon bærfot (= OFries. berfōt = Dutch barrevoet = Icelandic berfættr), from bær, bare, + fōt, foot.
 

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/ˈbɛrfət/
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