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30 June
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I need your help about these pharses
-to get off on the wrong foot
-to get off on the right foot
-to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start
what do all these pharses mean?
please give as many example sentences as possible
I need your help about these pharses
-to get off on the wrong foot
-to get off on the right foot
-to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start
what do all these pharses mean?
please give as many example sentences as possible
-to get off on the wrong foot
-to get off on the right foot
-to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start
what do all these pharses mean?
please give as many example sentences as possible
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- English (US)
-to get off on the wrong foot
To start badly. To start in a way that will lead to a bad outcome.
-to get off on the right foot
To start well. To start in a way that will lead to a good outcome.
-to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start
She got off to a good start.
He got off to a very bad start.
They got off to a fast start, but they soon slowed down and lost the race.
She got off to a fantastic start, and it only got better.
He got off to a bad start with a stumble, but he recovered and won the race.
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- English (US)
-to get off on the wrong foot
To start badly. To start in a way that will lead to a bad outcome.
-to get off on the right foot
To start well. To start in a way that will lead to a good outcome.
-to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start
She got off to a good start.
He got off to a very bad start.
They got off to a fast start, but they soon slowed down and lost the race.
She got off to a fantastic start, and it only got better.
He got off to a bad start with a stumble, but he recovered and won the race.
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- Hebrew
I got the two first answers
but stiil can't what"to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start" means
but stiil can't what"to get off to a good/bad/fast/flying start" means
- English (US)
@shalomAti
To get off to a good start
This simply means: To start well. To start in a way that will lead to a good outcome.
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- Hebrew
To get off to a good start is like to get off on the right foot?
- English (US)
@shalomAti Yes. The same. Interchangeable.
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- Hebrew
thank you!!
I feel like we got off on the wrong foot, what do say to turn over a new leaf?
is that sentence correct? just to make sure i got it
I feel like we got off on the wrong foot, what do say to turn over a new leaf?
is that sentence correct? just to make sure i got it
- English (US)
@shalomAti Good idea. Small correction:
I feel like we got off on the wrong foot, what can I say to turn over a new leaf?
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