[General] I got three feet

[Deepurple]

Dear teachers,

I would like to know what the meaning of "before I got three feet" is in the following sentence:

"I stopped to go into a store but was drenched before I got three feet."

Thank you.

 

[JMurray]

I would like to know what the meaning of "before I got three feet" is in the following sentence:
"I stopped to go into a store but was drenched before I got three feet."

Presumably it was raining, he stopped and got out of the car but was drenched before he had moved a distance of three feet away from the car.

not a teacher

 

[Barb_D]

I would have said "before I'd gotten" (before I'd got) with the past perfect.

 

[emsr2d2]

Three feet is nearly one metre, in case you're not familiar with imperial (pre-metric) measurements.

Twelve inches = one foot
Three feet = one yard

1 yard = 0.9144 metres

 

[5jj]

Twelve inches = one foot
Three feet = one yard

1 yard = 0.9144 metres

And, as you all know, 5[FONT=&quot]½ yards = one pole, rod or perch.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[charliedeut]

Completely off-topic: the title of the thread suggests that the OP was with the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia