feet dry

phrase

Flying over land.

Opposite
feet wet
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Meanings

phrase
  1. aeronauticsFlying over land.

    The aircraft headed “feet-dry” by the pilot's judicious use of rudders and afterburners.

    1979, Approach, volume 24, number 11
    1 more example

    Feet wet: Fighter direction brevity code used to report that a plane had left land ("feet dry") and was now over water.

    1994, Paul T. Gillcrist, Tomcat!: The Grumman F-14 Story, page 196

    Antonyms: feet wet

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseFlying over land.

Opposite
feet wet
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APA

feet dry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feet%20dry

MLA

“feet dry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feet%20dry. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feet dry,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feet%20dry.

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