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on foot

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On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.]
The pub's not far: let's go on foot.

(now rare, chiefly hunting) On the move; astir. [from 14th c.]

In progress or in preparation; active, in operation. [from 16th c.]

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Certainties are arrived at only on foot. Antonio Porchia

Tourism is sin, and travel on foot virtue. Werner Herzog

Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot. Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on. William Butler Yeats

In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot. Hindi Proverb

Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot. Dutch Proverb

He who would go further than his horse, must alight and go on foot. German Proverb

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