set foot in

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set foot in somewhere

to visit or go to a place. Most people who live in New York have never set foot in the Statue of Liberty, which is, of course, right in the middle of New York harbor.

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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 More results

References in classic literature

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

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