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on the front foot

on the front foot prepositional phrase: having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke
  2. (idiomatic) In a dominant position.
    • Chelsea saw out the half firmly on the front foot and had three further chances to take the lead.2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC
    • The leader is mindful of being on the front foot, as if leading the dance, rather than on the back foot being led.2015, Christopher Johns, Mindful Leadership: A Guide for the Health Care Professions

on the front foot meaning in Tamil and Bengali

on the front foot in Tamil

ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் நிலையில் இருப்பது

on the front foot in Bengali

প্রধান, শক্তিশালী অবস্থানে

Antonyms of on the front foot

Questions about on the front foot

What does on the front foot mean?
On the front foot means having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke.
What is on the front foot in Tamil?
On the front foot in Tamil is ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் நிலையில் இருப்பது. See On the front foot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is on the front foot?
On the front foot is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the front foot in the dictionary

  1. on the flipside
  2. on the floor
  3. on the fly
  4. on the fritz
  5. on the front burner
  6. on the front foot
  7. on the full
  8. on the game
  9. on the go
  10. on the grid
  11. on the gridiron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the front foot (page history and authors); on the front foot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); on the front foot (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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