Underfoot

Pronunciation

Origin

Compound of under + foot.

Full definition of underfoot

Adjective

1. Situated under one’s feet.

Adverb

1. (to crush, to trample, etc.) Under one's feet.The workers were all big, burly, hard-hearted men, tromping through the marsh in their heavy boots without sparing so much as a single thought for the masses of tiny frogs they crushed underfoot.
2. In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot.