tocausesomeone to be in adifficultsituationby doing somethingunexpected:
Thecompanywascompletelywrong-footed by the dollar'ssuddenrecovery.
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in asport, tohitorkicktheballso that the otherplayerbelievestheballwill go in theoppositedirectionto the one in which it will really go, inorderto make him or hermovein thewrongdirection
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ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
be a tall orderidiom
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beyourown worst enemyidiom
catch
catchsomeoneout
dig
lay
make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
overburden
pitchforksomeoneintosomething
plunge
plunge(someone/something)intosomething
shoot
subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
suicidal
swamp
tall
toughness
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