set foot

1. set foot in . Enter, as in I'll never set foot in this house again .

2. set foot on . Step on, as in We were so happy to set foot on dry land . [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

U.S. officials reaffirmed Friday that there are no plans for those troops—mainly planners, transportation and engineering specialists, and security experts—to set foot in Gaza.

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Nine out of 10 British Jews say they wouldn’t set foot in a city center during an anti-Israel demonstration.

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The American who first set foot on the lunar surface and proclaimed this moment as “one giant leap for mankind,” Neil Armstrong, was an Eagle Scout.

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Salvatore Nania has not set foot in his hometown of San Pedro since 1995, when he was arrested at 17 for murder.

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More than 50 years since a human last set foot on the Moon, the race to put people back on the lunar surface is heating up once again.

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