footmeal
Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot at a timeStep by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable, rare)Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
Origin
From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degreFrom Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.
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