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put your best foot forward

1. to do something as well as you can. Make sure you put your best foot forward for tonight's performance.

2. to start to walk more quickly. You'll have to put your best foot forward if you want to be there by nine.

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put your best foot forward

to act in a way that causes other people to have a good opinion of you. All I could do was put my best foot forward and hope I made a good impression.

See also: best, foot, forward

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