wrong-foot
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.76 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause a competitor to move or put weight on the wrong foot, as by making an unexpected move.
verb
To cause a competitor to move or put weight on the wrong foot, as by making an unexpected move.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Johnson hesitated with his back to goal and was dispossessed by Mulumbu, who instantly played Odemwingie through on goal. The Nigerian kept his composure to wrong-foot Reina."
- "The Swedish academy had defied bookies’ predictions and wrongfooted critics too many times in the past, and if there was one consensus in the run-up, it was that the prize would not go to Europe, where six of the last ten winners had come from."
- "He is cast as a master of brinkmanship who uses shock and chaos to wrongfoot opponents before settling, in the end, for more sober outcomes."