"start off on the wrong foot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: starts off on the wrong foot [present, singular, third-person], starting off on the wrong foot [participle, present], started off on the wrong foot [participle, past], started off on the wrong foot [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} start off on the wrong foot (third-person singular simple present starts off on the wrong foot, present participle starting off on the wrong foot, simple past and past participle started off on the wrong foot)
  1. (This entry is a translation hub.) To begin badly; see on the wrong foot and start off. Translations (begin badly): començar amb mal peu (Catalan), 出師不利 (Chinese Mandarin), 出师不利 (chūshībùlì) (Chinese Mandarin), komencaĉi (Esperanto), nousta väärällä jalalla (Finnish), partir du mauvais pied (French), rosszul/szerencsétlenül indul/kezdődik (Hungarian), começar com o pé esquerdo (Portuguese), встать не с той ноги́ (vstatʹ ne s toj nogí) [perfective] (Russian), не зада́ться (ne zadátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), comenzar con mal pie (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-start_off_on_the_wrong_foot-en-verb-Ch2W~Aes Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Translation hubs

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