"backfoot" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "back + foot",
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  "etymology_text": "From back + foot.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "backfoots",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "backfooting",
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    {
      "form": "backfooted",
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    },
    {
      "form": "backfooted",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Kenneth Branagh, “The Film diaries”, in Hamlet, page 188:",
          "text": "Hamlet is bitter, evasive, now backfooting them, now attacking, now genial - their job isn't going to be easy.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006 February 21, “Japan opposition gears up for showdown on Livedoor”, in Boston Globe:",
          "text": "Koizumi's government has been backfooted by the indictment of Horie, the former CEO of Livedoor Co., on charges of violating securities regulations",
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        "To put on the defensive; to put off balance."
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        "(transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "on the back foot"
        },
        {
          "word": "on the back footing"
        }
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        {
          "word": "back-foot"
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  "word": "backfoot"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + foot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backfoots",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backfooting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backfooted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backfooted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "on the back foot"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the back footing"
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          "ref": "1996, Kenneth Branagh, “The Film diaries”, in Hamlet, page 188:",
          "text": "Hamlet is bitter, evasive, now backfooting them, now attacking, now genial - their job isn't going to be easy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 February 21, “Japan opposition gears up for showdown on Livedoor”, in Boston Globe:",
          "text": "Koizumi's government has been backfooted by the indictment of Horie, the former CEO of Livedoor Co., on charges of violating securities regulations",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To put on the defensive; to put off balance."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "back-foot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "backfoot"
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