put one's best foot forward



put one's best foot forward

Try for the best possible impression, make a good start, as in Come on, let's put our best foot forward for this interview. The allusion in this idiom is unclear, though it may concern marching. One theory is that best foot means "the right foot," the left being regarded as unlucky. [Late 1500s]
See also: foot, forward, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Teodorote-o-DO-ro (Italian), te-o-DHO-ro (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
NicuȘOr-Romanian
Hilaria[hi'lɛəriə]
Pompeopom-PE-oItalian
WotanVO-tahn (German)Germanic Mythology
NataŠA-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian