in one’s clutches vs underfoot

in one’s clutches

underfoot

adj
  • Situated under one's foot or feet. 

  • In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder. 

  • Downtrodden; abject. 

adv
  • Under one's foot or feet. 

  • In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder. 

noun
  • A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat. 

verb
  • To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin. 

  • To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column. 

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