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# footloose

adjective (often «footloose and fancy-free»)

«footloose» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Footloose means free to go where you like and do what you want, with no responsibilities to tie you down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#m1)
2. (informal) Not settled in one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and everyday talk, often in the phrase «footloose and fancy-free», about young people travelling or not having a family or job holding them. It tells the reader someone is free and carefree.

### Examples

- After finishing school, he was footloose and fancy-free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#x1)
- The footloose traveller hopped from town to town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#x2)
- She enjoyed her footloose summer before starting work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#x3)
- Uncle Joe has always been footloose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#x4)
- They spent a footloose week exploring the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#x5)
- Without homework, I felt footloose for a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/#x6)

### Note

Informal and a bit old-fashioned. Usually describes people, not things. Not about losing your foot!

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «footloose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footloose/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«footloose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/footloose.html) on Mova free.