set foot en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic, qualifier:rhetorical with 'in') To enter
Yet had I scarce set foot in the passage when I stopped, remembering how once already this same evening I had played the coward, and run home scared with my own fears.
1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet (fiction):
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(idiomatic, qualifier:rhetorical with 'on') To step onto
After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.
Who would dare set foot on this inhospitable summit?
2009 May 13, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Up, spoken by newsreel announcer (David Kaye), Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| set foot | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| set foot | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| setting foot | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sets foot | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| step foot | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
az ayaq basmaq (to enter) · fi astua jalallaan (to enter) · fr poser les pieds (to step onto) · fr poser le pied (to step onto) · fr poser les pieds (to enter) · az ayaq basmaq (to step onto) · fr mettre le pied (to enter) · fr mettre les pieds (to enter) · es pisar (to enter) · ta கால்வை (to step onto) · es poner el pie (to enter) · es poner pie (to enter) · tr ayak basmak (to step onto) · fr poser le pied (to enter)