Antonyms for afoot
əˈfʊtafoot

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1. afoot

   Antonyms:
   uncommenced, incomplete, projected, proposed, contemplated, designed

   Synonyms:
   working, launched, afloat, agoing, inaugurated, started, instituted, established

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1. afoot(p)adjective

   traveling by foot

   "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, nonmoving, unmoving

2. afoot(p), underwayadverb

   currently in progress

   "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"

   Antonyms:
   nonmoving, noncurrent, unmoving

3. afootadverb

   on foot; walking

   "they went to the village afoot"; "quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"

   Antonyms:
   nonmoving, unmoving, noncurrent

How to use afoot in a sentence?

1. Anthony Kennedy:

   There is nothing to stop the same couple or a similarly situated couple to trigger the same process, in fact, I would imagine that plans are afoot as we speak to trigger the same process with the same baker.

2. John Delury:

   Now we're back on again, the game's afoot, sometimes these talks break down before they even start over what level to send, so this sounds like a very pragmatic and straightforward approach.

3. Matthew Whitaker:

   It's sort of a quasi-movement that's afoot, and what we can attribute this to is the fact these things seem to happen so regularly now that the frustrations folks are feeling are leading them to plan almost in advance.

4. Lee Trink:

   The game is afoot, mixer made a decision. Somebody said,' Let's go in, let's make real moves, let's pay people to change the game.'.

5. Sir Arther Connan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes:

   The game is afoot.

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