on the back foot/put someone on the back foot
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Definition of on the back foot/put someone on the back foot words
- phrase on the back foot/put someone on the back foot If someone is on the back foot, or if something puts them on the back foot, they feel threatened and act defensively. 0
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Parts of speech for On the back foot/put someone on the back foot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
on the back foot/put someone on the back foot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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