get off on the wrong foot



get off on the wrong foot

also start off on the wrong foot
to begin doing something in a way that is likely to fail Holly's new secretary really got off on the wrong foot by being rude to visitors. Opposite of: get off on the right foot
See also: foot, get, off, on, wrong

get off on the wrong foot

see under on the right foot.
See also: foot, get, off, on, wrong

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CsengeCHENG-geHungarian
Jacintohah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Sheppard['ʃepəd]
Audovacar-Ancient Germanic
PÁLlPOWTL (Icelandic)Icelandic, Faroese
Eloise