Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or afflicted with flatfoot.
- adjective Steady on the feet.
- adjective Informal Without reservation; forthright.
- adjective Unable to react quickly; unprepared.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having flat feet; having little or no hollow in the sole, and a low arch in the instep.
- Firm-footed; resolute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep; suffering from fallen arches.
- adjective Slang, U.S. Firm-footed; determined.
- adjective clumsy; amateurish; pedestrian; unimaginative; plodding.
- adjective Without reservation; without evasion or compromise; firm.
- adjective With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe.
- adjective Unprepared and unable to react quickly.
- adjective to catch (a person) unprepared; to catch (a person) by surprise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having feet which are flat
- adjective of humans having the specific physical condition of
flat feet - adjective idiomatic unprepared to act
- adjective Holding firmly and maintaining a decision; to
standing on one's ground .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unprepared and unable to react quickly
- adjective with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
- adjective without reservation
- adjective having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
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Examples
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So we sense a real competitive opportunity to bring the Cabela's concept to Canada, and really catch those folks in Canada very flat-footed, which is what's happened thus far.
unknown title 2011
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The crowd got it instantly; it drew a huge laugh and caught Hart completely flat-footed.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The crowd got it instantly; it drew a huge laugh and caught Hart completely flat-footed.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The crowd got it instantly; it drew a huge laugh and caught Hart completely flat-footed.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Even so, many acknowledge that they were caught flat-footed.
Peter G. Miller: Foreclosures: Why The New York Times Is Wrong Peter G. Miller 2010
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Even so, many acknowledge that they were caught flat-footed.
Peter G. Miller: Foreclosures: Why The New York Times Is Wrong Peter G. Miller 2010
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I've seen roaches big enough to stand flat-footed and do bad things to dogs.
Retiring in Yucatan 2009
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Even so, many acknowledge that they were caught flat-footed.
Peter G. Miller: Foreclosures: Why The New York Times Is Wrong Peter G. Miller 2010
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Intuit's causes include, coincidently as an afterthought, certainly, Byron and Comstock, but Keam, was left flat-footed and empty-handed.
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Even so, many acknowledge that they were caught flat-footed.
Peter G. Miller: Foreclosures: Why The New York Times Is Wrong Peter G. Miller 2010
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