stick one's foot in it
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- (of food) put one's foot in it, stick one's toe in it, put one's toe in it
Pronunciation
Verb
stick one's foot in it (third-person singular simple present sticks one's foot in it, present participle sticking one's foot in it, simple past and past participle stuck one's foot in it)
- (figurative, idiomatic) To put one's foot in it.
- 2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times:
- There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
- (figurative, idiomatic, of food, African-American Vernacular) Used to indicate that something turned out delicious
- This chili turned out fabulous! Joe really stuck his foot in it this time, didn't he?
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