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wrong-foot — wrong foots, wrong footing, wrong footed also wrong foot VERB If you wrong foot someone, you surprise them by putting them into an unexpected or difficult situation. [mainly BRIT] [V n] He has surprised his supporters and wrong footed his… … English dictionary
wrong-foot — [rôŋ′foot΄] vt. [< the practice in sports of causing an opponent to put weight on the wrong foot] Chiefly Brit. to confuse or disconcert so as to make less able to act or respond effectively, reasonably, etc … English World dictionary
wrong foot — If you start something on the wrong foot, you start badly … The small dictionary of idiomes
wrong-foot — verb transitive 1. ) in a sport, to make an opponent go in the wrong direction by suddenly changing the direction in which you move, or hit or kick a ball 2. ) BRITISH to put someone in a difficult or embarrassing situation by doing or saying… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wrong-foot — ► VERB Brit. 1) (in a game) play so as to catch (an opponent) off balance. 2) place in a difficult or embarrassing situation by saying or doing something unexpected … English terms dictionary
wrong-foot — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms wrong foot : present tense I/you/we/they wrong foot he/she/it wrong foots present participle wrong footing past tense wrong footed past participle wrong footed 1) British to put someone in a difficult or… … English dictionary
wrong-foot — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to cause (as an opponent in tennis or football) to lean into or step with the wrong foot ; broadly : to disrupt the equilibrium of wrong footed three defenders to score the sudden deaths of contemporaries wrong foot… … Useful english dictionary
wrong-foot — /rɒŋ ˈfʊt/ (say rong foot) verb (t) 1. (in various sports, as football, tennis, etc.,) to trick (an opponent) into moving the wrong way. 2. to catch unprepared: to wrong foot the opposition in the campaign …
wrong-foot — transitive verb Date: 1928 chiefly British to cause (as an opponent in soccer or tennis) to lean into or step with the wrong foot; broadly to disrupt the equilibrium of < a speed and flexibility that repeatedly wrong footed his enemies Anthony… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wrong foot — see wrong foot … English dictionary
