Definition of get/start off on the wrong foot
- They got off on the wrong foot when they first met and they've disliked each other ever since.
: to gain possession of
: to receive as a return : earn
: to obtain by concession or entreaty
: something begotten:
: offspring
: the entire progeny of a male animal
: a document of release from obligation in Jewish law
: a religious divorce by Jewish law
: to move suddenly and violently : spring
: to react with a sudden brief involuntary movement
: to issue with sudden force
: a sudden involuntary bodily movement or reaction
: a brief and sudden action or movement
: a sudden capricious impulse or outburst
: from a place or position
: at a distance in space or time
: from a course : aside
used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: competition : contest
: an injurious, unfair, or unjust act : action or conduct inflicting harm without due provocation or just cause
: a violation or invasion of the legal rights of another
: something wrong, immoral, or unethical
: not according to the moral standard : sinful, immoral
: not right or proper according to a code, standard, or convention : improper
: not according to truth or facts : incorrect
: without accuracy : incorrectly
: without regard for what is proper or just
: in a wrong direction
: to do wrong to : injure, harm
: to treat disrespectfully or dishonorably : violate
: defraud
: the terminal part of the vertebrate (see 1vertebrate) leg upon which an individual stands
: an invertebrate organ of locomotion or attachment
: any of various units of length based on the length of the human foot
: dance
: to go on foot
: to make speed : move
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