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Caught Wrong Foot Unpleasantly Surprised Completely Expected Put

'To be caught on the wrong foot' means to be taken by surprise, typically in a situation that is disadvantageous or unwelcome.

The idiom 'to be caught on the wrong foot' means to be surprised by something, often in an unpleasant way.

Idiom to be caught on the wrong foot
Definition to be unpleasantly surprised by something
Examples - We were caught completely on the wrong foot. We expected them to put out a weak team, but in fact they played their best men.
- In business you need to think ahead. You don't want to be caught on the wrong foot.
- Paul and my wife had kept this a secret, and to be perfectly honest I was caught on the wrong foot.
- Bosses don't like to be caught on the wrong foot in a room full of spectators.

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