put one's foot in it

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put one's foot in it

To make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing, or offensive.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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put oneself in someone's shoes put one's money where one's mouth is put one's trousers on one leg at a time put one's back into put one's finger on put oneself across put one's house in order put out put one's money where one's mouth is put one's shoulder to the wheel put one's head in the sand put one's mind to it put one's feet up put one's foot down

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