Idiom
Wrong foot.
If you start something on the wrong foot, you start badly.
Exact(1)
It perpetually wrong-foots you.
Similar(57)
His tone can be alarmingly inconsequential, as if the reader is there to be perpetually wrong-footed.
As ever, Tarantino wrong-foots us.
Race, gender and genre were integral in the tone, as were perceived views of the two (Swift perpetually wronged and Minaj perpetually angry).
There is always a desire to wrong-foot the viewer.
They are off on the wrong foot.
Sherlock Holmes regularly wrong-footed Inspector Lestrade.
I've been wrong-footed by it.
Jenkins got off on the wrong foot.
Sometimes she simply gets off on the wrong foot.
The term, they explained, was to "wrong-foot" your opponent.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com