back foot

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noun

on the back foot at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent

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Words nearby back foot

backflash, backflip, back float, backflow, back focus, back foot, back formation, back forty, back four, backgammon, back gear

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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|DAILY BEAST
ISIS 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|DAILY BEAST
A 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 Vinci
They'll cheer a losing team, a team that is being driven back foot by foot.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson

The 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