put one's foot in it in English

Audio: En-au-put one's foot in it.ogg

Forms: puts one's foot in it [present, singular, third-person], putting one's foot in it [participle, present], put one's foot in it [participle, past], put one's foot in it [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> one's foot in it}} put one's foot in it (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot in it, present participle putting one's foot in it, simple past and past participle put one's foot in it)

Inflected forms

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"put one's foot in it" meaning in English

Verb

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