back foot

Example Sentences

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The greenback is likely to “trade on the back foot while sustained positive risk sentiment could support continued foreign inflows into the region,” the strategists add.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dortmund led 2-0 from the first leg but were on the back foot from the opening whistle, with Atalanta neutralising the visitors' advantage by half-time thanks to goals from Gianluca Scamacca and Davide Zappacosta.

From Barron's

Flash tries had the visitors on the back foot early as Antoine Dupont's kick through found flyer Bielle-Biarrey for him to score in a record eighth successive Six Nations game.

From BBC

Dortmund had lost their last five matches in Leipzig and were on the back foot early when Yan Diomande carved through some heavy-legged defenders and found Baumgartner, who tapped home.

From Barron's

Winter Storm Fern last month was the latest in a string of problems that put the Dallas-based airline on its back foot.

From The Wall Street Journal