单词 | to throw one's feet |
释义 | > as lemmasto throw one's feet b. transitive. U.S. slang. to throw one's feet: (in the language of tramps) to walk or move quickly. Cf. to stir one's stumps at stump n.1 1c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > regular and uniform > with quick step quickstep?1867 to throw one's feet1897 1897 Muskogee (Indian Territory) Phoenix 25 Nov. It is yet too early for them to get out and ‘throw their feet’, or ‘hustle for breakfast’. 1907 J. London Road 12 I could ‘throw my feet’ with the next one when it came to ‘slamming a gate’ for a ‘poke-out’ or a ‘set-down’. 1934 Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs 24 They had mooched the stem and threw their feet. < as lemmas |
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