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The phrase "started on the wrong foot" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to describe a situation in which a relationship or event has begun in a negative, awkward, or unsuccessful way. For example: "I'm afraid that our meeting has started on the wrong foot; I wish I had been more prepared."
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The Devils, however, started on the wrong foot.
"Ravens," arranged for acoustic guitar, bass and mandolin, started on the wrong foot and stayed there.
"It just started on the wrong foot for Lewis and he couldn't recover," he said.
But Mr Peña's anti-corruption drive, a belated bid to address his plunging popularity, has started on the wrong foot.
The loss to city rival A.C. Milan in the season-opening Italian Super Cup got the season started on the wrong foot.
Lakhdar Brahimi, the veteran Algerian diplomat, may have started on the wrong foot in his newly appointed role as the special Syria peace envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League.
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On that morning, everything started on the wrong footing.
McClintock translated: "Ladies and gentlemen, you're starting on the wrong foot".
Start on the wrong foot and it's almost impossible to retrieve the situation.
McClintock translated: "Ladies and gentlemen, you're starting on the wrong foot". The Muscovites did the sequence again.
I guess you could say we started off on the wrong foot — my left one, to be specific.
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