wrong foot in English

Forms: wrong foots [present, singular, third-person], wrong footing [participle, present], wrong footed [participle, past], wrong footed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrong foot (third-person singular simple present wrong foots, present participle wrong footing, simple past and past participle wrong footed)

Inflected forms

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    {
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    {
      "form": "wrong footed",
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    {
      "form": "wrong foots",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrong footed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wrong footed",
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"wrong foot" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms