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back foot
noun
The batsman's foot closest to the wicket
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Back foot points straight forward.
Yes, the back foot.
Or back foot.
But Taro is on its back foot.
"We put Leeds on the back foot.
Mediobanca on the back foot Reformable?
We're so often on the back foot.
Hedgies are on the back foot.
Development is on the back foot.
This time off the back foot.
Through the covers off the back foot.
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