And even if they didn't know about her they might know this was his old neighborhood and go flatfooting around asking.
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Flatfoot
Synonyms for "flatfoot" (80 found)
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Related words (40)
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13 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дюстабан noun (condition)
- дюстабанлия noun (person)
Chinese
1 entries- 鴨母蹄 /鸭母蹄 noun (condition)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 扁平足 noun (condition)
- 捺屎蹄 noun (condition)
- 鴨乸蹄 /鸭乸蹄 noun (condition)
- 鴨屎蹄 /鸭屎蹄 noun (condition)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 平足 noun (condition)
- 平足症 noun (condition)
- 扁平足 noun (condition)
Finnish
4 entries- lattajalka noun (condition)
- lattajalka noun (person)
- lättäjalka noun (condition)
- lättäjalka noun (person)
French
1 entries- pied plat noun (condition)
German
1 entries- Plattfuß noun (condition)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 鴨嫲蹄 /鸭嫲蹄 noun (condition)
Hungarian
2 entries- lúdtalp noun (condition)
- lúdtalpas ember noun (person)
Ingrian
1 entries- lautajalka noun (condition)
Irish
1 entries- leifteán noun (condition)
Japanese
1 entries- 扁平足 noun (condition)
Polish
3 entries- platfus noun (condition)
- platfus noun (person)
- płaskostopie noun (condition)
Russian
2 entries- плоскосто́пие noun (condition)
- плоскосто́пный noun (person)
Swedish
1 entries- plattfot noun (condition)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Meanwhile, a bobby placidly flatfooting his beat a few feet away recognized Marlene under the street lamp and naturally assumed the girls had too, and were merely trying to get her autograph.
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I'd spent a very long day flatfooting it round housing estates near Old Street, looking for a twelve-year-old boy who I'd never managed to find though the police eventually had, two weeks later.
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Casewell, George, and Steve had the crowd flatfooting across the floor in no time.
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