put one's foot in it

[put one's foot in it] or [put one's foot in one's mouth] {v. phr.}, {informal} To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another's feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake.

/He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them./

/She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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