- 踏み外す
- ふみはずす
to miss one's footing* * *ふみはずす【踏み外す】¶ → 足を踏み外す¶正義の道を~pervert the course of justice.* * *ふみはずす【踏み外す】miss one's foot [step]; lose one's footing; make [take] a false step; slide down 《a cliff》.●崖(がけ)を踏みはずして海中に落ちる lose one's footing on a cliff and fall into the sea
・はしご段を踏み外す miss one's footing on the stairs
・正道を踏み外す take a wrong step; stray [err, wander] from the right path.
●足を踏みはずして岩場から転落した. My foot slipped on the stone and I fell over.
・一歩踏みはずせばまさに命がないところだった. One misstep meant certain death.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.