foot it verb3 •To walk.At length, receiving his quarterly allowance of fifteen guineas, instead of discharging his debts he walk'd out of town, hid his gown in a furze bush, and footed it to London, […] — 1771 •To dance.`'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.' — 1891 •To drive quickly, with the accelerator down.The Mail would be footing it at fifty—maybe more. — 1950 formsfooted it · footing it · foots it