'Embark on a journey or task with purpose and gusto.'
What's the origin of the phrase 'Put your best foot forward'?
This phrase is first recorded in the second edition of Sir Thomas Overbury's poem A Wife, circa 1613:
"Hee is still setting the best foot forward."
The Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings dates "Always put your best foot forward" to 1495, but provides no supporting evidence for that.
