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get off on the wrong foot

get off on the wrong foot is the alternative form of start off on the wrong foot.

Meaning of start off on the wrong foot

Verb

start off on the wrong foot (third-person singular simple present starts off on the wrong foot, present participle starting off on the wrong foot, simple past and past participle started off on the wrong foot)

  1. To begin badly.

Forms of get off on the wrong foot

third-person singular presentgets off on the wrong foot
present participlegetting off on the wrong foot
pastgot off on the wrong foot
past participle UKgot off on the wrong foot
past participle USgotten off on the wrong foot

Questions about get off on the wrong foot

What is get off on the wrong foot the alternative form of?
Get off on the wrong foot is the alternative form of start off on the wrong foot.

Words near get off on the wrong foot in the dictionary

  1. get off lightly
  2. get off my lawn
  3. get off of someone's cloud
  4. get off on
  5. get off on the right foot
  6. get off on the wrong foot
  7. get off one's ass
  8. get off one's backside
  9. get off one's chest
  10. get off one's high horse
  11. get off someone's back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: get off on the wrong foot (page history and authors); start off on the wrong foot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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