"wrongfoot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wrongfoots [present, singular, third-person], wrongfooting [participle, present], wrongfooted [participle, past], wrongfooted [past]
Etymology: wrong + foot Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wrong|foot}} wrong + foot Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrongfoot (third-person singular simple present wrongfoots, present participle wrongfooting, simple past and past participle wrongfooted)
  1. Alternative form of wrong-foot Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wrong-foot
    Sense id: en-wrongfoot-en-verb-AG7LdDX8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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