Idiom
get start off on the right footget off/start off on the right foot
1.
get off/start off on the wrong foot - if you get off on the wrong foot with someone you have just met, your relationship starts badly, often with an argument.
I got off on the right foot by telling her how impressed I was with her work.
(usually in past tenses)
2.
get off/start off on the wrong foot - to start an activity badly.
The commission has started off on the right foot by consulting local people.