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my
foot
Indicates disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust or disbelief.
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set
foot
To go to a place , or to be there.
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put a
foot
wrong
To make a mistake.
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ten
foot
pole
See not touch something with a ten
foot
pole.
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off the back
foot
From a defensive position.
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on the back
foot
In a defensive posture; off-balance.
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put one's
foot
down
To insist, demand, or refuse.
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put one's
foot
down
To make a car go faster, accelerate.
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kick with the other
foot
To belong to a different religion.
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put one's best
foot
forward
To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression.
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put one's
foot
in it
To make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing, or offensive.
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shoot oneself in the
foot
To act against one's own interests, e.g., by saying what one is really thinking.
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shoot oneself in the
foot
To deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.
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get one's
foot
in the door
To initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.
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start off on the wrong
foot
To begin badly; especially, to begin a relationship badly.
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not touch something with a ten
foot
pole
Ambrose Bierce , The Fiend's Delight In conclusion, his respect for letter-writing ladies is so great that he would not touch one of them with a ten-
foot
pole.
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not touch something with a ten
foot
pole
Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. 8.
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not touch something with a ten
foot
pole
Francis Lynde, The Quickening.
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not touch something with a ten
foot
pole
To approach something or someone.
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not touch something with a ten
foot
pole
To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.
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put one
foot
in front of the other
To move forward, progress steadily.
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put one
foot
in front of the other
To walk, decomposed to stress the fundamentality of the task.
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the shoe is on the other
foot
The roles of people in a situation have been reversed, such the advantage has shifted to a party which was previously disadvantaged.
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put one's
foot
in one's mouth
To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong.
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hit the bricks
To travel about, especially on
foot
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pound the pavement
To travel on
foot
; to walk or run.
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shank-nag
To travel on
foot
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shanks' nag
Transportation by
foot
. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.
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shanks' pony
Transportation by
foot
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shuffle
A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one
foot
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step out
To exit a place on
foot
, often for a short time.
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