Synonyms for flat-footed
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : flat-foo t-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflætˈfʊt ɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for flat-footed
Définition of flat-footed
Origin :- c.1600, "with flat feet;" meaning "unprepared" is from 1912, U.S. baseball slang, on notion of "not on one's toes;" earlier in U.S. colloquial use it meant "straightforwardly, downright" (1828), from notion of "standing firmly."
- As in off-guard : adj unprepared
- As in off-guard : adv when not paying attention
- In a little while, with flat-footed stamping, Ben Helders came in.
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- This causes a kind of optical illusion which is favorable to the flat-footed.
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- Or by bold combinations: down-and-out, up-state, flat-footed.
- Extract from : « The American Language » by Henry L. Mencken
- He was flat-footed, and on that account had never served in the German army.
- Extract from : « The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies » by Frank Worthington
- Plan' ti grade, walking on the soles of the feet; flat-footed.
- Extract from : « A Guide for the Study of Animals » by Worrallo Whitney
- I'd like to take a flat-footed stance as claiming that the end justified the means.
- Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan
- They are bilt sumthing like a hen, and are an up-and-down, flat-footed job.
- Extract from : « The Complete Works of Josh Billings » by Henry W. Shaw
- I'm on the ground, flat-footed, and I'm going to stay on it.
- Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben
- Mrs. Bird declared that "she would have the first visit—that she'd say flat-footed."
- Extract from : « The Puddleford Papers, » by H. H. Riley
- I hope you aren't going to compare me with that flat-footed bus-conductor.
- Extract from : « Poor Relations » by Compton Mackenzie
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