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put a foot wrong

put a foot wrong verb: to make a mistake.

Verb

put a foot wrong (third-person singular simple present puts a foot wrong, present participle putting a foot wrong, simple past and past participle put a foot wrong)

  1. (idiomatic) To make a mistake.

Forms of put a foot wrong

third-person singular presentputs a foot wrong
present participleputting a foot wrong
past participleput a foot wrong
pastput a foot wrong

Questions about put a foot wrong

What does put a foot wrong mean?
Put a foot wrong means to make a mistake.
What part of speech is put a foot wrong?
Put a foot wrong is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a foot wrong?
The past tense of put a foot wrong is put a foot wrong.

Words near put a foot wrong in the dictionary

  1. put a cork in it
  2. put a crimp in
  3. put a damper on
  4. put a dent in the universe
  5. put a finger to the wind
  6. put a foot wrong
  7. put a gun to someone's head
  8. put a hat on a hat
  9. put a hurt on
  10. put a lid on
  11. put a lid on it

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