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Phrase(s): *off on the right foot (with someone or something) [and] *off to a good start (with someone or something)
Fig. starting out correctly; beginning something carefully and cautiously. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) • This time, I want to get off on the right foot with him. • I tried to get off to a good start with my new job.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs