the boot/shoe is on the other foot
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Definition of the boot/shoe is on the other foot words
- phrase the boot/shoe is on the other foot If you say, in British English, the boot is on the other foot or, mainly in American English, the shoe is on the other foot, you mean that a situation has been reversed completely, so that the person who was in the better position before is now in the worse one. 0
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Parts of speech for The boot/shoe is on the other foot
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the boot/shoe is on the other foot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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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