find your footing

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Now it’s your turn to find your footing by helping America find hers. And of course, you have difficult decisions to make about how you will participate, about how you’ll use your talents to be the best citizen you can be.

What does this idiom mean in the above quote?

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If this is aimed at new citizens, "finding their feet" would mean something like "feeling a genuine part of" or "becoming more at home in" or "becoming comfortable in your new role as a citizen."

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@fansy,

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/f.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/find+your+feet.html

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When you are finding your feet, you are in the process of gaining confidence and experience in something.

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@ehBeth,

But the original phrase is "find one's footing" as in

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Now it’s your turn to find your footing by helping America find hers. And of course, you have difficult decisions to make about how you will participate, about how you’ll use your talents to be the best citizen you can be.--Hillary Clinton

I found the under-mentioned defintion for "footing"

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A basis or foundation: a business begun on a good footing.

So can we say "by helping the US to lay down a solid foundation, you will also have laid down a good foundation for yourself"?

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