set foot
Idioms-
set foot in . Enter, as in I'll never set foot in this house again .
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set foot on . Step on, as in We were so happy to set foot on dry land . [c. 1600]
Example Sentences
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“I will never set foot in that Sirius-XM building and not think of you,” White wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
Before Garcia set foot on the burn scar, he put word out to station captains about the plan for the morning: Pick up hoses.
From Los Angeles Times
Peake was the first Briton to set foot on the International Space Station and the first to conduct a spacewalk during his six-month mission in 2015 and 2016.
From BBC
Just two years ago, they were among the worst teams ever to set foot on the hardwood, an abject disaster that once lost 28 games in a row.
I never set foot in that house again.
From Literature
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