How to Use put a foot wrong in a Sentence

put a foot wrong

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  • The service The staff don’t put a foot wrong.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
  • What remains obvious is that the BBC cannot put a foot wrong in the coming weeks.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • With its opaque rules and rigid customs, even the most conscientious traveler can put a foot wrong in Japan.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
  • Onto the losing finalists, for whom Delgado hardly put a foot wrong.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Myles Lewis-Skelly have started Arsenal’s first two league games and hardly put a foot wrong.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Buckeyes are yet to put a foot wrong in pursuit of consecutive National Championships and travel to Madison having won their last 10 games against the Badgers.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Since replacing Xavi as manager, the 60-year-old German has barely put a foot wrong, leading a young group of players to a domestic treble and almost reaching the Champions League final in his debut campaign last season.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026

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