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Definition of shoot (one's self) in the foot
shoot (one's self) in the foot
verb
- to make a mistake that limits or prevents progress on a task, or reduces the task's level of success.
I really shot myself in the foot when I waited so long to begin my senior thesis.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.
Last edited on Jul 14 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 14 2019.
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Other terms relating to 'to make a mistake, be incorrect, err': | |
| Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake. | |
| Definitions include: See own goal. | |
| Definitions include: to smoke marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.) | |
| Definitions include: to ruin; "mess up". | |
| Definitions include: to not like something you like. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: a breast. | |
| Definitions include: a replacement word for fuck. | |
| Definitions include: a feature of a specific technology that makes it easy to shoot (one's self) in the foot. | |
| Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
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| Definitions include: sarcasm that centers on the speakers sense of superiority and ego needs. | |
| Definitions include: a period of increased childbirth in the United States from approximately 1943 to 1960. | |
| Definitions include: in reverse or totally incorrect | |
| Definitions include: an idiotic or incompetent person. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "professor". | |
| Definitions include: mixed whiskey, 1s | |
| Definitions include: to make a mistake. | |
| Definitions include: any good news, ideas, or thoughts. | |
| Definitions include: full of baloney. | |
| Definitions include: very easy. |
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