Meaning

2 senses

  1. Having the weight on the back foot in order to play a defensive stroke

  2. (Commonwealth, idiomatic)In a defensive posture; on the defensive; off balance; at a disadvantage.

Examples

466 sentences

  1. Tom goes to school on foot.

    Том ходить до школи пішки. — deniko

    ruТом ходит в школу пешком. — marafon

    deTom geht zu Fuß zur Schule. — Zaghawa

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  2. I go to school on foot.

    Я ходжу до школи пішки. — Internecivus

    deIch gehe zu Fuß zur Schule. — MUIRIEL

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  3. He goes to school on foot.

    Він йде до школи пішки. — deniko

    ruОн ходит в школу пешком. — sharptoothed

    deEr geht zu Fuß in die Schule. — Esperantostern

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  4. Tom decided to go on foot.

    Том вирішив піти пішки. — deniko

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  5. I decided to go on foot.

    Я вирішив піти пішки. — deniko

    ruЯ решил идти пешком. — soweli_Elepanto

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

Antonyms

1 antonyms
on the front foot

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbackfootwrong-foot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
onA1onboard

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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