get/start off on the right foot
idiom
: to begin a relationship well
I want to get off on the right foot with your parents.
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Though Buddy and the Big Apple don’t get off on the right foot, his childlike charm eventually gets the best of those around.
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Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
Sign up and get up to CA$1,600 in bonus cash to start off on the right foot.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum helped the team get off on the right foot on Sunday with a Game 1 victory over the New York Liberty in the WNBA Finals, 99-82.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
Make sure to get off on the right foot by avoiding these five common newbie errors.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 11 May 2015
That creates an immediate urgency to get off on the right foot in the MW, which this season has combined its six-team Mountain and West divisions into one 12-team division.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
The Browns are 2-21-1 in openers and want to get off on the right foot, especially in the division.
—Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
The ball will drop in Times Square, fireworks will go off around the world and many will make personal resolutions to start off on the right foot.
—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2022
New Year’s resolutions are undeniably a marker of another year for many, an opportunity for a clean slate or just to start off on the right foot.
—Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 28 Dec. 2020
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Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
Sign up and get up to CA$1,600 in bonus cash to start off on the right foot.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum helped the team get off on the right foot on Sunday with a Game 1 victory over the New York Liberty in the WNBA Finals, 99-82.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
Make sure to get off on the right foot by avoiding these five common newbie errors.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 11 May 2015
That creates an immediate urgency to get off on the right foot in the MW, which this season has combined its six-team Mountain and West divisions into one 12-team division.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
The Browns are 2-21-1 in openers and want to get off on the right foot, especially in the division.
—Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
The ball will drop in Times Square, fireworks will go off around the world and many will make personal resolutions to start off on the right foot.
—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2022
New Year’s resolutions are undeniably a marker of another year for many, an opportunity for a clean slate or just to start off on the right foot.
—Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 28 Dec. 2020
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“Get/start off on the right foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%2Fstart%20off%20on%20the%20right%20foot. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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