The phrase "The game is afoot" is famously attributed to Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appears in "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange," one of the short stories in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. The expression suggests that an adventure or investigation is underway.
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Something's Afoot was created in 1976.
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The Townes Van Zandt song "Frisco Depot" uses the word "afoot". Here is his lyric... " When you're afoot, there's nothing as fast as a train."
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Fun Afoot - 1928 was released on: USA: 18 March 1928
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The cast of There Are Cold Toes Afoot - 2008 includes: Mary Odbert
The Amazing Race - 2001 The Game's Afoot 6-1 was released on: USA: 16 November 2004 Hungary: 1 April 2006 (part 1) Hungary: 8 April 2006 (part 2) Finland: 26 November 2006 Japan: 4 May 2008
"The game's afoot." "All that glitters is not gold." "What the dickens" "Gilding the lily" "What's in a name?"
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