Lose (one's) footing In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "lose (one's) footing", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-08-11 05:08

Meaning of Lose (one's) footing

Synonyms:

come a cropper , fall in a heap , hit the dirt

Lose (one's) footing verb phrase

The word "footing" can be replaced by the word "balance."

To trip and fall unintentionally.

I lost my footing when I was playing soccer yesterday. Now it hurts like hell.

Used for saying that entering an unpleasant circumstance causes one to lose their stability.

I'm really worried man! I just lost my job and now I feel like I'm slowly losing my footing.

Other phrases about:

fall like dominoes

1. Fall in a sequence

2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially

trip up

1. To stumble 

2. To make someone to stumble : 

3. To blunder, stutter

4. To make someone blunder, stutter 

flake away from (something)

To come off something into flakes or small pieces

go arse over tit/tip

To change or fall over suddenly and dramatically.

make a false step

1. Used to say that someone missteps or stumbles while walking.

2. Used to say that someone makes an unwise, miscalculated, or blundering act or decision.

Grammar and Usage of Lose (one's) footing

Verb Forms

  • loses (one's) footing
  • lost (one's) footing
  • losing (one's) footing

The verb "lose" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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