What is "get off on the wrong foot"

Usage examples of "get off on the wrong foot".

She was taken to hospital and, when the police pitched up, I was alone in the house and they started to get off on the wrong foot.

Be a shame for us to get off on the wrong foot, and all, since you and the dwarf are going to be travelling with us, I'm told.

Harribon didn't want to get off on the wrong foot with the Settlement One Topman, about whom he had heard interesting, or perhaps disturbing, things.

Be a shame for us to get off on the wrong foot, and all, since you and the dwarf are going to be travelling with us, I’.

Those were the nine magic words with which Em-Lin managed to get off on the wrong foot with Gomez.