"foot fault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foot faults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foot fault (plural foot faults)
  1. (sports) In certain sports, as in tennis or long jump, a fault in which the athlete's foot is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Categories (topical): Sports Translations (type of fault in sports): falta de peu [feminine] (Catalan), voetfout [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), jalkavirhe (note: in tennis and similar games) (Finnish), yliastuminen (note: in jumps and throws) (Finnish), Fußfehler [masculine] (German), за́ступ (zástup) [masculine] (Russian), fotfel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foot_fault-en-noun-7DyWN4Hi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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