in (your) stocking feet

in (your) stocking feet
in (your) stocking/stockinged feet wearing socks or a similar covering on your feet, but not wearing shoes.

She crept upstairs in stocking feet so as not to wake the baby.

He stood five feet five in his stockinged feet.

(= his height was five feet five, without shoes)

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  • in your stockinged/stocking feet — wearing socks but not shoes Don t go outside in your stocking feet! • • • Main Entry: ↑stocking …   Useful english dictionary

  • in stocking feet — in (your) stocking feet wearing socks but not shoes. They hurried down the hall to the doctor s room in their stocking feet …   New idioms dictionary

  • in (your) stockinged feet — in (your) stocking/stockinged feet wearing socks or a similar covering on your feet, but not wearing shoes. She crept upstairs in stocking feet so as not to wake the baby. He stood five feet five in his stockinged feet. (= his height was five… …   New idioms dictionary

  • in your stockinged feet — in your stocking/stockinged/feet phrase wearing socks, but not shoes Thesaurus: dressed and wearing clothes of a particular typehyponym Main entry: stocking …   Useful english dictionary

  • in your stocking(ed) feet — in your ˌstocking(ed) ˈfeet idiom wearing socks or stockings but not shoes Main entry: ↑stockingidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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  • stocking — stock|ing [ stakıŋ ] noun count * 1. ) a piece of clothing worn on a woman s foot and leg, held up by garters: a pair of stockings 2. ) OLD FASHIONED a man s sock a ) in your stocking feet wearing socks, but not shoes 3. ) a CHRISTMAS STOCKING …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stocking */ — UK [ˈstɒkɪŋ] / US [ˈstɑkɪŋ] noun [countable] Word forms stocking : singular stocking plural stockings 1) a piece of clothing worn on a woman s foot and leg, held up by suspenders a pair of black stockings 2) a Christmas stocking • in your… …   English dictionary

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