put your best foot forward

put your best foot forward
Put your best foot forward
If you ut your best foot forward, you try your best to do something.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • put your best foot forward — phrase to start trying hard to behave or work as well as you can Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: foot * * * put your best foot forward 1 US : to behave very well so that someone will like you and approve of you …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • put your best foot forward — try to do your best work, present yourself well    If you put your best foot forward, the employer will be impressed …   English idioms

  • put your best foot forward — Meaning Make a bold start. Origin Apparently from the days when women looked for a well turned leg in a man. Rather an odd saying as it implies you have three or more feet. Put your better foot forward would make more sense …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • put your best foot forward — to start trying hard to behave or work as well as you can …   English dictionary

  • put one's best foot forward — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one s best. * /During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ * /When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put one's best foot forward — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one s best. * /During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ * /When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put\ one's\ best\ foot\ forward — v. phr. informal To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one s best. During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward. When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward …   Словарь американских идиом

  • best foot forward —    If you put your best foot forward, you do something as fast as you can.     It s a long way to the station, but if I put my best foot forward I should catch the next train …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • put one's best foot forward — verb To show oneself in the best or most positive way possible; to make a favorable impression. Try to put your best foot forward at all times during a job interview …   Wiktionary

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