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View synonyms for foot-in-mouth

foot-in-mouth

[foot-n-mouth]

adjective

  1. (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of foot-in-mouth1

First recorded in 1965–70; from idiomatic phrase put one's foot in one's mouth

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