Meaning

1 senses

  1. To put on the defensive; to put off balance.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. ruSSians are on the backfoot.

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Origin

From back + foot.

From back + foot.

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Forms

backfoots, backfooting, backfooted, backfooted
Base formbackfoot · to backfoot
3rd person singularbackfoots
Present participlebackfooting
Past simplebackfooted
Past participlebackfooted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackfoot
he, she, itbackfoots

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackfooted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backfooted
he, she, ithas backfooted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backfoot

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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