get\ off\ on\ the\ wrong\ foot

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.


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