wrong-foot
verb/ˌrɒŋ ˈfʊt/
/ˌrɔːŋ ˈfʊt/
(British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wrong-foot | /ˌrɒŋ ˈfʊt/ /ˌrɔːŋ ˈfʊt/ |
| he / she / it wrong-foots | /ˌrɒŋ ˈfʊts/ /ˌrɔːŋ ˈfʊts/ |
| past simple wrong-footed | /ˌrɒŋ ˈfʊtɪd/ /ˌrɔːŋ ˈfʊtɪd/ |
| past participle wrong-footed | /ˌrɒŋ ˈfʊtɪd/ /ˌrɔːŋ ˈfʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form wrong-footing | /ˌrɒŋ ˈfʊtɪŋ/ /ˌrɔːŋ ˈfʊtɪŋ/ |
- wrong-foot somebody to put somebody in a difficult or embarrassing situation by doing something that they do not expect
- It was an attempt to wrong-foot the opposition.
- His low pass wrong-footed the other team’s defence.
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