wrong-footTranslate wrong-foot | into Italian Definition of wrong-foot verb [with object] British (in a game) play so as to catch (an opponent) off balance:Cook wrong-footed the defence with a low free kick put (someone) in a difficult situation by saying or doing something unexpected:an announcement regarded as an attempt to wrong-foot the oppositionwrong-foot in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of wrong-foot in the US English dictionary