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both feet on the ground

ADJECTIVE
practical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
businesslike constructive down-to-earth efficient factual feasible functional possible practicable pragmatic rational reasonable sane sensible sober workable
WEAK
applied commonsensical doable empirical experimental handy hard-boiled implicit in action in operation matter-of-fact nuts and bolts operative orderly serviceable solid sound systematic unidealistic unromantic usable utile utilitarian virtual workaday working
Antonyms
STRONGEST
excited impossible impractical inefficient irrational unattainable unfeasible unlikely unrealistic unreasonable unsound unworkable
WEAK
incapable inexperienced unproficient unseasoned unserviceable unskilled untrained useless worthless

Example Sentences

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Other guys haven’t gotten visits in years but still find reasons to wake up, to put both feet on the ground, and, oddly enough, even to smile.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

"In spite of all this success, we are well advised to keep both feet on the ground," Porsche CFO Lutz Meschke said.

From Reuters • Jul. 30, 2021

“You need to stand with both feet on the ground knowing it’s perfectly possible to succeed,” Forsberg said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2018

It’s hard enough to hit a target with both feet on the ground.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2015

I didn’t know you could feel this free with both feet on the ground.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon