Meaning

1 senses

  1. To begin badly.

    встать не с той ноги́vstatʹ ne s toj nogí, не зада́тьсяne zadátʹsja

Examples

6 sentences

  1. I feel we started off on the wrong foot.

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  2. Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.

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  3. Let's not start off on the wrong foot by arguing about whose college was better.

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  4. Donald and Jessica started on the wrong foot.

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  5. The villagers started bowing their heads at Ziri's feet.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
begin badly:

Forms

starts off on the wrong foot, starting off on the wrong foot, started off on the wrong foot, started off on the wrong foot
Base formstart off on the wrong foot · to start off on the wrong foot
3rd person singularstarts off on the wrong foot
Present participlestarting off on the wrong foot
Past simplestarted off on the wrong foot
Past participlestarted off on the wrong foot

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystart off on the wrong foot
he, she, itstarts off on the wrong foot

Past simpleLesson

all personsstarted off on the wrong foot

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave started off on the wrong foot
he, she, ithas started off on the wrong foot

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill start off on the wrong foot

Antonyms

1 antonyms
start off on the right foot

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
starshipstartA1starterstartleB2startup
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