On foot means walking rather than using transport. It answers the question of how you get somewhere: We went to the museum on foot. In conversation, people often say the same thing with one verb: I walk to work.
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go/come/get/travel + on foot; on foot (no article); walk + to + place (not walk on foot)
- The museum is only ten minutes away on foot, so we don't need a taxi.
- We explored the old town on foot and found a tiny bakery.
- Most students get to campus on foot or by bike.
What changed
First versionI usually walk on foot to the office when it's sunny.
RevisionI usually walk to the office when it's sunny.
Walk on foot can seem like a natural way to say how you get somewhere. But walk already means “go on foot”, so on foot next to it is redundant. On foot goes after go, come, get or travel: I go to the office on foot.
Don't mix up on foot and on your feet, which means standing: I was on my feet all day. Back on your feet means recovered after an illness or a difficult time. For transport, use by: by bus, by car, but walking is on foot.
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The station is just round the corner, so we can easily get there ___.
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on foot — The sentence is about how to get to the station, that is, by walking, which is on foot. On our feet means standing and doesn't describe a way of getting somewhere.
Write about a place you go to on foot. Name the place and say how many minutes it takes to get there.
I go to the gym on foot because it takes only fifteen minutes from my flat.
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