put the shoe on the other foot in English

Forms: puts the shoe on the other foot [present, singular, third-person], putting the shoe on the other foot [participle, present], put the shoe on the other foot [participle, past], put the shoe on the other foot [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the shoe on the other foot}} put the shoe on the other foot (third-person singular simple present puts the shoe on the other foot, present participle putting the shoe on the other foot, simple past and past participle put the shoe on the other foot)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts the shoe on the other foot",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "put the shoe on the other foot",
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    },
    {
      "form": "put the shoe on the other foot",
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        "To reverse the roles or positions of two things."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To reverse the roles or positions of two things."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put the boot on the other foot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put the shoe on the other foot"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts the shoe on the other foot",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting the shoe on the other foot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the shoe on the other foot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the shoe on the other foot",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "To reverse the roles or positions of two things."
      ],
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        "(figurative) To reverse the roles or positions of two things."
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "put the boot on the other foot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put the shoe on the other foot"
}

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"put the shoe on the other foot" meaning in English

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