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In a sensible, realistic, or practical manner. For example, You can count on Tom not to get cheated in that deal; he has both feet on the ground , or Jean is a dreamer, but her husband is a man with his feet on the ground . There is a related phrase, have both feet on the ground , meaning “to be practical or realistic.” [Mid-1900s]

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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