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Best foot forward
Meaning
- The advice to present yourself in the most favorable or professional light possible. It is all about making a good first impression.
Encouraging, standard
Used in a sentence
- You have an interview today, so remember to put your best foot forward.
- She always puts her best foot forward when she meets new people.
- Let us put our best foot forward for the investors coming tomorrow.
The backstory
This is a classic idiom often attributed to a literal instruction for walking or marching. It signifies starting a task or a meeting with enthusiasm and polish.
Heard in
Nationwide
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