Work & careers
be on your feet
spend time standing or walking
If you are on your feet, you are standing or walking instead of sitting down.
Hear it in real life
Why are you sitting down?
I've been on my feet since six this morning.
Working in a restaurant means being on your feet for most of the evening.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Nurses are in their feet all day.
Say: Nurses are on their feet all day.
The fixed preposition is "on," because your feet support you while you stand or walk.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be on your feet all day; spend time on your feet
Your turn: say it out loud
Working in a restaurant means being on your feet for most of the evening.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be on your feet
spend time standing or walking
“Working in a restaurant means being on your feet for most of the evening.”
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