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Idiom
Off on the wrong foot.
Getting a bad start on a relationship or task.
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On that morning, everything started on the wrong footing.
The venture may have been on the wrong footing from the start.
But as soon as the Obama administration signalled it was willing to let Iran keep enriching uranium it set the talks on the wrong footing, he argued.
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"After ballet, when I was always the one swan on the wrong foot, it was suddenly very cathartic to have nobody be able to prove I was on the wrong foot.
I guess you could say we started off on the wrong foot — my left one, to be specific.
The ambassador, also with a cigarette in hand, appears and the two discuss starting over with one another because they've clearly gotten off on the wrong foot.
This was a one-time issue, but it certainly got us off on the wrong foot with regard to our NewsGator experience.
They are off on the wrong foot.
Jenkins got off on the wrong foot.
It caught the goalkeeper on the wrong foot".
Sometimes she simply gets off on the wrong foot.
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