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put one's foot in it
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Idioms and Phrases
Make a blunder, as in I didn't know it was a surprise party; I guess I put my foot in it . This expression presumably alludes to setting one's foot down in mud or excrement. [Late 1700s] Also see foot in one's mouth .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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