Idiom
put a foot wrong
Meaning
To make a mistake.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is so careful that she never puts a foot wrong.”
“He was nervous during his first week at the new job, but he did not put a foot wrong.”
“Throughout the entire high-stakes negotiation, the diplomat remained composed and did not put a single foot wrong.”
Examples
simple
“She is so careful that she never puts a foot wrong.”
contextual
“He was nervous during his first week at the new job, but he did not put a foot wrong.”
complex
“Throughout the entire high-stakes negotiation, the diplomat remained composed and did not put a single foot wrong.”
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