"on the front foot" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke"
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket, of a batsman) Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke"
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        "of a batsman"
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        "ball-games",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC",
          "text": "Chelsea saw out the half firmly on the front foot and had three further chances to take the lead.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Christopher Johns, Mindful Leadership: A Guide for the Health Care Professions",
          "text": "The leader is mindful of being on the front foot, as if leading the dance, rather than on the back foot being led.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "In a dominant position."
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          "dominant"
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        "(idiomatic) In a dominant position."
      ],
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  "word": "on the front foot"
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        "(cricket, of a batsman) Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke"
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        "of a batsman"
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        "ball-games",
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        "In a dominant position."
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        "(idiomatic) In a dominant position."
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