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# footwork

noun (footwork, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. The way a person moves their feet, especially in sports and dancing, as in «good footwork». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#m1)
2. (informal) Clever, quick actions to get out of a difficult situation, as in «some fancy footwork». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and sport, coaches train footwork for football, tennis, boxing, netball and dancing; quick footwork helps you dodge and balance. In stories and the news, «nifty footwork» can mean clever ways of avoiding trouble or difficult questions.

### Examples

- The striker's quick footwork fooled the defender. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#x1)
- In netball, footwork rules say you can't run with the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#x2)
- Our dance teacher made us practise the footwork slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#x3)
- Boxers skip rope to improve their footwork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#x4)
- With some fancy footwork, he got out of doing the washing up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#x5)
- Good footwork helps you keep your balance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwork/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «good footwork», not «a footwork». One word. In netball, «footwork» is also the name of a rule about stepping with the ball.

## On Mova

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