wrong-foot in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

wrong-foot in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wrong-foot in the English»Spanish Dictionary

wrong-foot Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to catch sb on the wrong foot
pillar a alguien desprevenido
American English

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The multitude of labels on food packaging can wrong-foot even the most health conscious consumers.
www.telegraph.co.uk
I decided to wrong-foot the keeper and it worked out perfectly.
www.dnaindia.com
Every now and then, though, they throw in something halfway decent to wrong-foot you.
www.spectator.co.uk
The whole thing has a smell of political playacting about it - two people trying to wrong-foot each other.
www.independent.ie
The work, though, retains its miasmatic whiff and its unending ability to disorient and wrong-foot viewers.
www.independent.co.uk
There is always a desire to wrong-foot the viewer.
en.wikipedia.org
Just occasionally, he would wrong-foot them by straying from type and this was invariably when he did his most memorable work.
www.independent.co.uk
The hangover is like some deliberate test, some ducking stool or spiked bear pit, intended to wrong-foot us repeatedly... and for what?
www.theage.com.au
It can wrong-foot the listener spectacularly, but it also lies behind the music's most compelling moments of rupture, outburst and momentum.
www.gramophone.co.uk
They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them.
www.scotsman.com

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