get off on the wrong foot
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Neither is keen on it, and they get off on the wrong foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
If you are determined to get off on the wrong foot, you’re right.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
“The fact that allies were able to make modest new investments reflects the fact that they didn’t want to get off on the wrong foot with the United States,” Lesser said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2018
Many children get off on the wrong foot when they are babies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
“Let’s not get off on the wrong foot here, Holling. Forms are how we organize this school, and forms are never wrong, are they?”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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