wrong-footed
past participle, past simple ofwrong-foot
wrong-foot
verb
uk/ˌrɒŋˈfʊt/us/ˌrɑːŋˈfʊt/[Toften passive]
tocausesomeone to be in adifficultsituationby doing somethingunexpected:
Thecompanywascompletelywrong-footed by the dollar'ssuddenrecovery.
[T]UK
in asport, tohitorkicktheballso that the otherplayerbelievestheballwill go in theoppositedirectionto the one in which it will really go, inorderto make him or hermovein thewrongdirection
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- lay
- make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- shoot
- subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
- suicidal
- swamp
- tall
- toughness
- wrong-foot
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Examplesofwrong-footed
wrong-footed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The parish council does not have sufficient information and is oftenwrong-footedand put at a great disadvantage.
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Sure enough, at least half of the properties were bought by young marrieds and the education authority was caughtwrong-footedto a disastrous degree.
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He has confounded andwrong-footedthe professional moaners who carp about things being too little, too late.
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The press was not onlywrong-footedby the appointment, but generally highly critical.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vafrnir,wrong-footed, invites him in and to seat himself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The prosecution waswrong-footedand never fully recovered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a fielding team can not manoeuvre fielders while the bowler is in his run-up, the fielding side is effectivelywrong-footedwith the fielders out of position.
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