get/start off on the wrong foot

[Daruma]

Hello.

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
get/start off on the wrong foot : to begin a relationship badly
▪ They got off on the wrong foot when they first met and they've disliked each other ever since.

Can I say "start out on the wrong foot" in place of "start off on the wrong foot"?
It's not correct to say "get out on the wrong foot" instead of "get off on the wrong foot," is it?

Thank you.

[albeit]

Originally Posted by Daruma

Hello.

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
get/start off on the wrong foot : to begin a relationship badly
▪ They got off on the wrong foot when they first met and they've disliked each other ever since.

Can I say "start out on the wrong foot" in place of "start off on the wrong foot"?
It's not correct to say "get out on the wrong foot" instead of "get off on the wrong foot," is it?

Thank you.

I BELIEVE that I've heard both and as I can't remember ever being "bothered" by one or the other, I guess they are both okay. I initially thought that 'start off' was the one I have always used but now I'm not so sure.

Maybe 'start out' works because of its similarity in the phrase 'start off/out on a trip/journey/etc

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[In this search, you are number 3, I believe]
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For 'get', it doesn't work. Note that there are only two hits, one of them is yours and the other one sounds odd.

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