start off on the wrong foot

start off on the wrong foot
To begin badly; especially, to begin a relationship badly.

To avoid starting off on the wrong foot with your boss, make sure you understand what she expects you to do.


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  • start off on the wrong foot (with somebody) — get/start off on the right/wrong ˈfoot (with sb) idiom (informal) to start a relationship well/badly • I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss. Main entry: ↑footidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • start off on the wrong foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

  • get start off on the wrong foot — get off/start off on the wrong foot 1. if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument. I don t really know why, but somehow Clare and I got off on the wrong foot. (usually… …   New idioms dictionary

  • get/start off on the wrong foot — to begin a relationship badly They got off on the wrong foot when they first met and they ve disliked each other ever since. • • • Main Entry: ↑foot …   Useful english dictionary

  • get/start off on the wrong foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

  • start off on the right foot (with somebody) — get/start off on the right/wrong ˈfoot (with sb) idiom (informal) to start a relationship well/badly • I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss. Main entry: ↑footidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • start off on the right foot — ► get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot make a good (or bad) start at something. Main Entry: ↑foot …   English terms dictionary

  • get start off on the right foot — get off/start off on the right foot 1. get off/start off on the wrong foot if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument. I got off on the right foot by telling her how… …   New idioms dictionary

  • get off off on the wrong foot — get off/start off on the wrong foot 1. if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument. I don t really know why, but somehow Clare and I got off on the wrong foot. (usually… …   New idioms dictionary

  • get off on the wrong foot — {v. phr.} To make a bad start; begin with a mistake. * /Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her new teacher; she chewed gum in class and the teacher didn t like it./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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