Synonyms for on the back foot
on the back foot

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1. on the back footadjective

   Antonyms:
   on the front foot

2. on the back footadjective

   Antonyms:
   on the front foot

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1. Warwick Grigor:

   Gold has been on the back foot for a month now, had it not been for the simultaneous fall in the Australian dollar, the market reaction would have been greater.

2. Will Jennings:

   If the Conservatives are serious about removing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, they must also be serious about replacing Prime Minister Boris Johnson with someone who can sincerely relaunch a party that has been in government since 2010, if they do get absolutely hammered at the locals, which is not out of the question and quite common for sitting governments, it would put that new leader immediately on the back foot.

3. Colton Herta:

   This sucks, man, and I'm ready to get out of here, it's such a competitive year and guys are going to have bad races and guys aren't going to do well everywhere. It obviously sucks for us because now we're on the back foot but we have plenty of races left to get back in it.

4. The Beijing-based diplomat:

   They're on the back foot. They're very worried by the international reaction, they are genuine about wanting to get talks back on track. The leadership will have to think long and hard about where to go next.

5. Evans Revere:

   I would not be surprised at all to see North Koreans take some kind of a step in the ballistic missile testing arena or in the nuclear testing arena, particularly if Biden wins the election, i think North Koreans are going to want to have him start out on the back foot to the extent possible. And one way to do that would be what United States did with President Obama.