"my foot" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-my foot.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} my foot
  1. (idiomatic) Indicates disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust or disbelief. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief): muka (Finnish), kattia kanssa (Finnish), mon œil (French), un corno! (Italian), как бы не так (kak by ne tak) (Russian), sí, ¿cómo no? (Spanish), pyttsan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-my_foot-en-intj-CcYIECGa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see my, foot. Synonyms: bah [idiomatic], harumph, pshaw, my arse, my ass, my eyeball, my neck, my rear, nothing, bullshit
    Sense id: en-my_foot-en-intj-rUNamV5N

Alternative forms

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