set foot
set foot in. Enter, as in I'll never set foot in this house again.
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How to use set foot in a sentence
You can hear the choppers descending even if you have never set foot in the country.
Thousands were arrested as soon as they set foot in the country.
David Brower put it slightly more eloquently when he said: “Wilderness is where the hand of man has not set foot.”
For Lennon, who had not set foot in Britain for nine years, there must have been something of a homecoming feel to the experience.
How John Lennon Rediscovered His Music in Bermuda | The Telegraph | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's as if you are watching—and participating in—a completely different play each time you set foot on a new island.
My Island Vacation Exploring the Blissfully Quirky Grenadines | Condé Nast Traveler | September 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
I did not know of the deed until it was done; then I told Alcorn never again to set foot on my premises.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnWhen Mr. Chittenden was informed of what had occurred he sent word to Tom never to set foot on his premises again.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnIndeed, Jack wrote to him about nine months ago warning him never to set foot on English soil again on pain of arrest.
The Czar's Spy | William Le QueuxI think I was the first of the family to set foot within Valeria since Hugo left it.
The Colonel of the Red Huzzars | John Reed ScottLet a slave set foot on that shore, and his chains fall off for ever, and he becomes what God made him—a man.
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