set foot in

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set foot in

some place to enter into some place; to begin to enter some place. The judge ordered him never to set foot in her house again. I would never set foot in a place like that.

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Obtaining a leave of absence, he set foot in the late summer afternoon, and soon after the rising of the full moon was walking up the gravel path leading to the dwelling in which he had been born. Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Carey said that if Josiah Graves set foot in what was little better than a heathen temple he was not fit to be churchwarden in a Christian parish. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context "'Stranger," she said, 'I reckon you're sure the first white that ever set foot in this valley. The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context			service session set Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil set a precedent Set a thief to catch a thief set a trap set about set about doing set above set against set alarm bells ringing set apart set apart from set aside set at set back set back from set before set beside set down set down as set eyes on set face against set fire to set foot in set for set for life set forth set forth on set forward set free set great store by set heart against set heart on set hopes on set house in order set in set in a place set in a type face set in concrete set in motion set in stone set in train set in ways set into set mind at ease set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off			set down set down set down as set down in black and white set down to set down to Set Equation Transformation System Set Equipment Contact Maintenance Unit set eyes on set eyes on set eyes on set eyes on set eyes on set face against set face against set face against set face against set face against Set Financial Database Language set fire to set fire to set fire to set fire to set fire to Set Fire to Flames set firmly set foot set foot set foot set foot set foot in set foot on set foot on set foot on set foot on set for set for a later time Set for Life Set form set format set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth evidence set forth in a will set forth in words set forth on set forth the character of set forth the meaning set forward set forward set forward set forward set forward set forward force set forward point set free set free set free

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