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backfoots

backfoots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backfoot.

Meaning of backfoot

Verb

backfoot (third-person singular simple present backfoots, present participle backfooting, simple past and past participle backfooted)

  1. (transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
    • Hamlet is bitter, evasive, now backfooting them, now attacking, now genial - their job isn't going to be easy.1996, Kenneth Branagh, “The Film diaries”, in Hamlet, page 188

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What is backfoots the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backfoots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backfoot.

Words near backfoots in the dictionary

  1. backfolding
  2. backfoldings
  3. backfoot
  4. backfooted
  5. backfooting
  6. backfoots
  7. backform
  8. backformation
  9. backformations
  10. backformed
  11. backforming

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