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noun ADJ. public | long-distance VERB + FOOTPATH follow, take, use | keep to FOOTPATH + VERB follow sth, lead, run The footpath runs along the canal. | cross sth a footpath crossing farmland | link sth the footpath linking Sprotton and Lumm FOOTPATH + NOUN network, system PREP. along a/the ~ We walked along the footpath. | by (a/the) ~ The monastery is an hour away by footpath. | down a/the ~, on the ~ We stood on the footpath and waited for a gap in the traffic. | up a/the ~ | ~ across, ~ along, ~ alongside, ~ from, ~ over, ~ through, ~ to the footpath through the wood
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