"put one's best foot forward" meaning in English

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      "form": "put one's best foot forward",
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          "text": "Try to put your best foot forward at all times during a job interview.",
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          "ref": "2020 September 27, Alex McLevy, “With Smile, Katy Perry is desperately trying to have fun again”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-28:",
          "text": "Unsurprisingly, Perry puts her best foot forward on opener “Never Really Over,” a song that not only maintains a catchy, hummable refrain, but also ironically doubles as a sort of mission statement for the artist.",
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        "To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression."
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        "(idiomatic) To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression."
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        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "die beste beentjie voorsit"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "留一個好印象"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "liú yīgè hǎo yìnxiàng",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "留一个好印象"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "quánlìyǐfù",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "全力以赴"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "näyttää paras puolensa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "se montrer sous son meilleur jour"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "fare buona impressione"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "fare del proprio meglio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pokazátʹ sebjá s lučšéj storoný",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "показа́ть себя́ с лучше́й стороны́"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "english": "show the front feet",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "make favorable impression",
          "word": "visa framfötterna"
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        "(idiomatic) To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "die beste beentjie voorsit"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "留一個好印象"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "留一个好印象"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quánlìyǐfù",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "全力以赴"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "näyttää paras puolensa"
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      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "se montrer sous son meilleur jour"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "fare buona impressione"
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      "sense": "make favorable impression",
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      "roman": "pokazátʹ sebjá s lučšéj storoný",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
      "word": "показа́ть себя́ с лучше́й стороны́"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make favorable impression",
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