wrong-foot

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  • But his refusal to dampen speculation yesterday only makes the Mole more suspicious that he would like to wrong-foot Cameron by announcing it at the party conference in October, just as he funked it in 2007. —  The First Post: Latest
  • Even the Russians, so determined to wrong-foot America for the past few years, were gracious after the two presidents met and agreed to seek deeper cuts in their strategic arsenals than those foreseen by an existing treaty, which could slash each side's stockpile to —  The Economist: Correspondent's diary
  • PM seeks to wrong-foot Scottish nationalists ahead of crucial byelection —  The Guardian World News
  • Mexes physically hauled down an Austrian player leaving the referee with no choice to award a penalty and Andreas Ivanschitz stepped up to easily wrong-foot 'keeper Steve Mandanda in the —  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion
  • Anelka then sent the hosts into raptures when he held off a two-man defensive challenge barely 10 minutes later to wrong-foot the Serbian keeper with a low drive into the corner. —  Turkish Press
 

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