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- adverb One
foot at a time; foot by foot orstep by step ;by degrees ; one foot (measurement) at a time.
Etymologies
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From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum ("step by step, by degrees"), dative plural of fōtmǣl ("a foot-measure, one foot"), equivalent to foot + -meal.
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