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Off On The Wrong Foot ( starting off badly ... )

"Off On The Wrong Foot"



To get off to a bad start is to get "off on the wrong foot."

Example: "Tomorrow is our first meeting with this client so let's not get off on the wrong foot."



To start off on a journey we must first get "off on" one foot and it is important to get off on the "right foot", not the "wrong foot."

Example: "Let's try to start on time tomorrow and get off on the right foot."



A relationship which has begun badly is "off on the wrong foot."

Example: "We didn't have a good day filming today; we got off on the wrong foot."

Example: "Sometimes it's hard to fix things when you get off on the wrong foot."





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