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were afoot
adjective
That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.
synonyms
Exact(60)
Other energies were afoot.
Other changes were afoot.
Plans were afoot for more expansion.
But change – and revolution – were afoot.
If only something similar were afoot in Washington.
Studies were afoot for the new curriculum paradigm that became the Four Course Plan.
If anything were afoot, Mr. Palatucci would certainly be in the middle of it.
By the mid-1760s, powerful moves were afoot for Black to return to Edinburgh.
But Democrats suggested more shenanigans were afoot in the Pentagon that had not been uncovered.
Plans were afoot to build new huts to attract more nuns.
Meanwhile, other developments were afoot that made me wonder anew if government departments inhabit parallel universes.
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