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Definition the boot is on the other foot in British English

the boot is on the other foot phrase

phrase
1

used for saying that a situation has changed completely, so that the person who had the least power now has the most

Example

I was always the poor one, but now the boot is on the other foot.

Definition the boot is on the other foot in British English