front-foot
front-foot adjective: on the front foot; acting so as to take control of a situation.
Adjective
front-foot (comparative more front-foot, superlative most front-foot)
- On the front foot; acting so as to take control of a situation.
- Front foot thinking is about 'being in place', taking the initiative and being proactive, rather than being caught on the back foot, reactive, defensive and uncertain.2015, Christopher Johns, Mindful Leadership: A Guide for the Health Care Professions
- Chelsea needed to be defensively perfect but this was no smash-and-grab result. It was a front-foot display to take the initiative away from City in the first half.2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport
- Based on the width of the front of a property.
- There are, of course, excellent examples of extensions to existing systems being carried out on the front-foot assessment plan, but this procedure is distinctly different from the programs herein outlined as applied to newly created systems of large size.1927, Journal of the New England Water Works Association, page 442
Forms of front-foot
| comparative | more front-foot |
|---|---|
| superlative | most front-foot |
Origin of front-foot
From the phrase on the front foot.
Questions about front-foot
- What does front-foot mean?
- Front-foot means on the front foot; acting so as to take control of a situation.
- What part of speech is front-foot?
- Front-foot is an adjective.
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