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barefoot

[bair-foot] / ˈbɛərˌfʊt /
ADJECTIVE
wearing no shoes
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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"We walked barefoot and we didn't carry anything with us, just our children," she told me.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“I used to be able to walk barefoot from here to my house,” he said, his truck kicking up dust on a road a few miles from his home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Billy Smith—his hair loose, wearing a dress, and barefoot after discarding his low-heel pumps—danced the woman invoked in the song.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Wilfrank Liendo, 40, and his 21-year-old son, Eduardo, are barefoot as they cross a stream and follow simple dirt paths to deliver the heavy bags to Wilfrank's elderly mother.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

On this day I am walking barefoot behind Trini, up and down, up and down, plowing weeds in the furrows, the dirt rough beneath my feet.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads



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