off one's feet
Example Sentences
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A favorite practice of her British mother, the lie-down is just what it sounds like: a short stint off one’s feet.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024
The fine, toil-worn faces of man and wife, in Golden-Wedding and Four-generations groups in local newspapers, show a thing before which one puts off the shoes from off one’s feet.
From A Northern Countryside by Richards, Rosalind
"The wind is enough to carry one off one's feet; though, to be sure, it's quiet enough here."
From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
"Only that mademoiselle sweeps one off one's feet."
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
Don't think that it sounds vain, but people have such a habit of almost carrying one off one's feet.
From Nobody's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
