Associations to the word «Underfoot»

Wiktionary

UNDERFOOT, adjective. Situated under one’s feet.
UNDERFOOT, adverb. (to crush, to trample, etc.) Under one's feet.
UNDERFOOT, adverb. In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.

Dictionary definition

UNDERFOOT, adverb. Under the feet; "trampled the beans underfoot"; "green grass growing underfoot".
UNDERFOOT, adverb. In the way and hindering progress; "a house with children and pets and toys always underfoot".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne