To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
Infinitivebackfoot
Past simplebackfooted
Past participlebackfooted
-ing formbackfooting
Full conjugation of the English verb to backfoot (past simple backfooted,
past participle backfooted):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
backfoot
you
backfoot
he/she/it
backfoots
we
backfoot
you
backfoot
they
backfoot
Present continuous
I
am backfooting
you
are backfooting
he/she/it
is backfooting
we
are backfooting
you
are backfooting
they
are backfooting
Present perfect
I
have backfooted
you
have backfooted
he/she/it
has backfooted
we
have backfooted
you
have backfooted
they
have backfooted
Present perfect continuous
I
have been backfooting
you
have been backfooting
he/she/it
has been backfooting
we
have been backfooting
you
have been backfooting
they
have been backfooting
Past simple
I
backfooted
you
backfooted
he/she/it
backfooted
we
backfooted
you
backfooted
they
backfooted
Past continuous
I
was backfooting
you
were backfooting
he/she/it
was backfooting
we
were backfooting
you
were backfooting
they
were backfooting
Past perfect
I
had backfooted
you
had backfooted
he/she/it
had backfooted
we
had backfooted
you
had backfooted
they
had backfooted
Past perfect continuous
I
had been backfooting
you
had been backfooting
he/she/it
had been backfooting
we
had been backfooting
you
had been backfooting
they
had been backfooting
Future simple
I
will backfoot
you
will backfoot
he/she/it
will backfoot
we
will backfoot
you
will backfoot
they
will backfoot
Future continuous
I
will be backfooting
you
will be backfooting
he/she/it
will be backfooting
we
will be backfooting
you
will be backfooting
they
will be backfooting
Future perfect
I
will have backfooted
you
will have backfooted
he/she/it
will have backfooted
we
will have backfooted
you
will have backfooted
they
will have backfooted
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been backfooting
you
will have been backfooting
he/she/it
will have been backfooting
we
will have been backfooting
you
will have been backfooting
they
will have been backfooting
Conditional
Present
I
would backfoot
you
would backfoot
he/she/it
would backfoot
we
would backfoot
you
would backfoot
they
would backfoot
Present continuous
I
would be backfooting
you
would be backfooting
he/she/it
would be backfooting
we
would be backfooting
you
would be backfooting
they
would be backfooting
Perfect
I
would have backfooted
you
would have backfooted
he/she/it
would have backfooted
we
would have backfooted
you
would have backfooted
they
would have backfooted
Perfect continuous
I
would have been backfooting
you
would have been backfooting
he/she/it
would have been backfooting
we
would have been backfooting
you
would have been backfooting
they
would have been backfooting
Subjunctive
Present
that I
backfoot
that you
backfoot
that he/she/it
backfoot
that we
backfoot
that you
backfoot
that they
backfoot
Past
if I
backfooted
if you
backfooted
if he/she/it
backfooted
if we
backfooted
if you
backfooted
if they
backfooted
Imperative
Affirmative
you
backfoot
we
let's backfoot
Negative
you
don't backfoot
we
let's not backfoot
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to backfoot
Perfect infinitive
to have backfooted
Present participle / gerund
backfooting
Past participle
backfooted
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.