on the front foot
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Prepositional phrase
on the front foot
- (cricket, of a batsman) Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke
- (idiomatic) In a dominant position.
- 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC:
- Chelsea saw out the half firmly on the front foot and had three further chances to take the lead.
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Antonyms
- on the back foot