stick one's foot in it

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stick one's foot in it (third-person singular simple present sticks one's foot in it, present participle sticking one's foot in it, simple past and past participle stuck one's foot in it)

  1. (figurative, idiomatic) To put one's foot in it.
    • 2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times:
      There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
  2. (figurative, idiomatic, of food, African-American Vernacular) Used to indicate that something turned out delicious
    This chili turned out fabulous! Joe really stuck his foot in it this time, didn't he?