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Putting a foot into the wrong one repeatedly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

often

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'repeatedly' is the definition.
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'putting a foot into the wrong one' is the wordplay.
'putting a foot' becomes 'ft' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'the wrong' indicates an anagram.
'one' anagrammed gives 'oen'.
'ft' inserted within 'oen' is 'OFTEN'.

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(Other definitions for often that I've seen before include "on numerous occasions" , "Repeatedly, many times" , "Commonly" , "Frequently, many times" , "Frequently, habitually" .)

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