put a foot wrong

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Verb

put a foot wrong (third-person singular simple present puts a foot wrong, present participle putting a foot wrong, simple past and past participle put a foot wrong)

1. (idiomatic) To make a mistake.

Translations

make a mistake

• Danish: træde i spinaten (step into the spinach)
• French: faire un faux pas (fr)
• Swedish: trampa i klaveret (sv) (step into the accordion), göra ett klavertramp (Wikiquote)