on the right foot
Related to on the right foot: put foot down, set foot in, got off on the wrong foot, start off on the right foot
on the right foot
A positive or favorable position, especially at the beginning of something. In an effort to get off on the right foot this semester, I've already begun to research for my thesis. Make sure you're on time and dressed professionally. You want to start your first day of work on the right foot.
See also: foot, on, right
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
on the right foot
In an auspicious manner: The project started off on the right foot but soon ran into difficulties.
See also: foot, on, right
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- get off on the right foot
- get/start off on the right/wrong foot
- break (one's) back to (do something)
- a one-off
- break back
- break one's back
- break your back
- break your back doing something/to do something
- break (one's) back
- beat one's brains out