on the back foot

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介词短语
  1. Having the weight on the back foot in order to play a defensive stroke
  2. in a defensive posture; on the defensive; off balance; at a disadvantage. Commonwealth,idiomatic
    — Lawson wasn't going to be put on the back foot by Brian Duff. "I don't know what you're on about. But I've kept my nose clean for over twenty years.

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on the back footing alternative

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反义词
on the front foot
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