foot

foot idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with foot, also see bound hand and foot; caught flat-footed; get off on the wrong foot; not touch with a ten-foot pole; one foot in the grave; on foot; on the right foot; play footsie; put one's best foot forward; put one's foot down; put one's foot in it; set foot; shoe is on the other foot; shoot oneself in the foot; wait on hand and foot. Also see under feet.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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