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[ foot-reys ] / ˈfʊtˌreɪs /
nouna race run by contestants on foot. Origin of footraceFirst recorded in 1655–65; foot + race1 Words nearby footracefoot-pound-second system, foot presentation, footprint, footprints on the sands of time, foot process, footrace, foot rail, foot reflexology, footrest, footrope, foot rot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for footraceAtalanta is a young princess, and her father has decreed she must marry whichever man wins a footrace. ‘Free to Be…You and Me’ Did Not Emasculate Men|Emily Shire|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST He wanted to fight and was going to have a fight or a footrace with the first Indians he met. The Indians' Last Fight|Dennis Collins With serious irony he asks himself, if a runner who is overcome in a footrace can hope to outstrip horses? The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah|C J Ball One day a merry group of young men proposed a footrace, the course to be around the square—a distance of about one hundred yards. James Fenimore Cooper|Mary E. Phillips
Hence, they never went to sleep, and in only a single instance recorded in history had a tortoise won a footrace from a hare. The Hosts of the Air|Joseph A. Altsheler No domestic animal but the greyhound can pass a strong young collie in a footrace. Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune
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