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put one's foot in it

put one's foot in it verb: to put one's foot in one's mouth.

Verb

put one's foot in it (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot in it, present participle putting one's foot in it, simple past and past participle put one's foot in it)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To put one's foot in one's mouth.
  2. (transitive, African-American Vernacular) To cook something excellently

Forms of put one's foot in it

third-person singular presentputs one's foot in it
present participleputting one's foot in it
past participleput one's foot in it
pastput one's foot in it

Questions about put one's foot in it

What does put one's foot in it mean?
Put one's foot in it means to put one's foot in one's mouth.
What part of speech is put one's foot in it?
Put one's foot in it is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's foot in it?
The past tense of put one's foot in it is put one's foot in it.

Words near put one's foot in it in the dictionary

  1. put one's finger on
  2. put one's fist to
  3. put one's foot down
  4. put one's foot down on
  5. put one's foot down upon
  6. put one's foot in it
  7. put one's foot in one's mouth
  8. put one's foot in someone's ass
  9. put one's foot in the door
  10. put one's foot up someone's ass
  11. put one's hand in one's pocket

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