back foot


noun
  1. on the back foot at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent

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How to use back foot in a sentence

  • He pulled at his back foot like a man striving to loose himself from thick mud.

    Before Egypt | E. K. Jarvis