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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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put one's mind to itput output one's ass on the lineput one's feet upput one's trousers on one leg at a timeput one past someoneput one's foot down onput one's foot in one's mouthput oneself acrossput one's foot downput one's foot down uponput one through one's pacesput one's name in the hatput one's house in order

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