at someone's feet

at someone's feet
as someone's disciple or subject

you would like to sit at my feet and thus acquire my wisdom

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at someone's feet
: close to someone's feet

His dog was lying at his feet.

— sometimes used figuratively

He was young and fearless, and he felt the world was at his feet. [=felt that he could do great things in the world]

She claimed that men fell at her feet. [=that men often fell in love with her]

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Main Entry:foot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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