back foot
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
Government forces, he says, are constantly on the back foot, rarely launching offensives to regain territory.
Iraqis Swear: Baghdad Airport is Safe From ISIS | Susannah George | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTISIS was still on the back-foot in Jarabulus, near the Turkish border, where fierce fighting was reported yesterday.
Experts: Al Qaeda Infighting In Syria Leaves 700 Dead | Jamie Dettmer | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA man never ascends or descends, nor walks at all in any direction, without raising the heel of the back foot.
A Treatise on Painting | Leonardo Da VinciThey'll cheer a losing team, a team that is being driven back foot by foot.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonThe great thing at first is to prevent the weight getting back on the back foot.
How To Ski and How Not To | Vivian Caulfeild
He pulled at his back foot like a man striving to loose himself from thick mud.
Before Egypt | E. K. Jarvis
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