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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Matter's afoot

(The). Is in train, is stirring. Il marche bien, it goes well; ca ira.

Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot;
Take thou what course thou wilt.

Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, iii. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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