Definition of back on (one's) feet
back on (one's) feet
- doing better after an unfavorable event.
Things were bad after I lost my job, but I'm back on my feet again.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'back': | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area. | |
| Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards". | |
| Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent. | |
| Definitions include: and the same to you. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side. | |
| Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: Far away. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
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Other terms relating to 'feet': | |
| Definitions include: to hurry, hustle, esp. when departing. | |
| Definitions include: Connotes mental, physical, and spiritual bankruptcy. | |
| Definitions include: nervousness, trepidation about a big decision, especially marriage. | |
| Definitions include: to become qualified to do something new. | |
| Definitions include: see cold feet. | |
| Definitions include: to start learning an activity, usually by performing that activity. | |
| Definitions include: to be nervous about entering into a long-term commitment, especially marriage. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex or engage in other sexual activities. | |
| Definitions include: dead and buried. | |
Other terms relating to 'on': | |
| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: See on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to be very happy. | |
| Definitions include: To make fun of or insult more then once | |
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