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lead-footed

See: HEAVY-FOOTED.

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[flat-footed] {adj.}, {informal} 1. Straightforward; forthright; direct; outright. * /The governor issued a flat-footed denial of the accusation./ * /He came out flat-footed against the idea./ 2. Not ready; not […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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