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
Babak-Persian, Ancient Persian
Chifuniro-Southern African, Chewa
Mustafamoos-TAH-fah (Turkish)Arabic, Turkish
Jelka-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Claretta-Italian
AronAH-rawn (Polish), AH-ron (Croatian)Polish, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic