1. The opponent was wrong-footed by his passing backhand.

2. It was an attempt to wrong-foot the opposition.

3. The spokesman wrong-footed them with this question.

4. His low pass wrong-footed the other team's defence.

5. He has surprised his supporters and wrong-footed his opponents with his latest announcement.

6. The company was completely wrong-footed by the dollar's sudden recovery.

7. Me ry's allegations from beyond the grave seem to have wrongfooted even the most seasoned politicians.

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8. Despite unease over his campaign performance, he is credited by Mr Major with wrong-footing Labour on tax.

9. The fact that he is a good friend of John McCain-the two men have served together in the Senate for two decades-could also help the Democrats to wrong-foot their opponent.

10. Since the high-speed train crash, there has been much debate about the power of internet social-networking services to wrong-foot the government.

11. Because their investments are so influential, their presence can be manipulated to wrong-foot other investors.

12. Egypt, she believes, had its own reasons for joining in the protest: to wrong-foot its Islamists and to punish the West for pushing democracy down Arab throats.