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footstep

 
/ˈfʊtˌstep/ n [C]

Definition

the movement or sound of each step a person takes when walking: We never saw anyone in the building, but sometimes we heard footsteps down the hall.
(Definition of footstep n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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