Climb to sb's feet

tashiroHi, please help me."He pushed his sister off him and climbed to his feet,..."Could you teach me what "climbed to his feet" means? It has no meaning that I recognize. I can only guess that the writer means 'stood up'.

Thank you for the reply.

Hello Clive,May I speak of my naive idea?Here the "to" in climbed to his feet means "unto / by means of / through".The useage of "to" is even with the 'to' in "to stand / rise to one's feet".In Bible, we can see it this way: Now get to your feet -----(in my mind = get your attention unto / reaching as far as your feet) to rise and stand upon your feet----(in my mind = make you stand on your

And another case:He made some stupid remarks about women drivers, but she didn't rise to the bait.Here, the "to" = in connection with / according to / concerning / in regard to The to in to rise to your feet and in rise to the bait is different from each other.

So, [he climbed to his feet]------he climbed through his paying his attention on his feet;He climbed not at casually but must pay attention on his feet.

bepleasedSo, [he climbed to his feet]------he climbed through his paying his attention on his feet;He climbed not at casually but must pay attention on his feet.

I don't remember ever hearing anything like "climbed to his feet" before. I think you are paying way too much attention to that very odd sequence of words.

In most cases "climb to [his/her/your/] feet" is the act of standing up.