Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with footstep in American Collocation
footstep
noun
countable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈfʊtˌstep/
loud
heavy
loud
I could hear heavy footsteps coming up the stairs.
quiet
light
quiet
soft
What attracted her attention was hearing soft footsteps going up the stairs.
quick
hasty
hurried
They had only gone a few metres when there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind them.
make a noise
crunch
echo
ring
sound
She could hear her footsteps ringing on the cobbles and the pounding of her breath.
approach
approach
come
As they talked they heard footsteps approaching.
move further away
die away
fade away
recede
retreat
Then I heard him walk away, his footsteps receding.