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flat-footed

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flat-foot·ed (fltftd)
adj.
1. Of or afflicted with flatfoot.
2.
a. Steady on the feet.
b. Informal Without reservation; forthright: a flat-footed refusal.
3. Unable to react quickly; unprepared: The new product caught their competitors flat-footed.

flat-footed·ly adv.
flat-footed·ness n.

flat-footed [ˌflætˈfʊtɪd]
adj
1. (Medicine) having flatfoot
2. Brit informal
a.  clumsy or awkward
b.  downright and uncompromising
3. Informal off guard or unawares (often in the phrase catch flat-footed)
flat-footedly  adv
flat-footedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.flat-footed - with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
footed - having feet; "footed creatures"; "a footed sofa"
2.flat-footed - unprepared and unable to react quickly; "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed"
unready - not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue"
3.flat-footed - having broad flat feet that usually turn outward; "a slow flat-footed walk"
splayfoot, splayfooted - having feet that turn outward
4.flat-footed - without reservation; "a flat-footed refusal"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
Translations
flat-footed [ˈflætˈfʊtɪd] ADJ
1.de pies planos
to be flat-footedtener los pies planos
2. (fig) (= clumsy) → patoso(Sp)
flat-footed [ˈflætˈfʊtɪd] adj to be flat-footedavere i piedi piatti
flat-footed [ˈflætˈfʊtɪd] adj to be flat-footedavere i piedi piatti


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Here was this nigger, which I had as good as helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and saying he would steal his children -- children that belonged to a man I didn't even know; a man that hadn't ever done me no harm.
That was a gang of changars - the women who have taken all the embankments of all the Northern railways under their charge - a flat-footed, big-bosomed, strong-limbed, blue-petticoated clan of earth-carriers, hurrying north on news of a job, and wasting no time by the road.
Already I was down from the high peaks and standing flat-footed upon earth.
 
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