- set foot
- A virgin forest is a forest where the hand of man has never set foot.
English expressions. 2014.
set foot
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set foot on — set foot on/in/ phrase to go to a place, especially when there is something special or unusual about you doing this set foot on/in/in: It was the first time she had set foot in the desert. set foot o … Useful english dictionary
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 … New idioms dictionary
set foot in/on — see ↑foot, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑set … Useful english dictionary
set foot in — index enter (go in) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set foot in — phrasal : enter * * * set foot in To enter • • • Main Entry: ↑foot * * * set foot on/in/ phrase to go to a place, especially when there is something special or unusual about you doing this set foot … Useful english dictionary
set foot — {v. phr.} To step; walk; go. Used with a negative. * /She would not let him set foot across her threshold./ * /She told the boy not to set foot out of the house until he had finished supper./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set foot — {v. phr.} To step; walk; go. Used with a negative. * /She would not let him set foot across her threshold./ * /She told the boy not to set foot out of the house until he had finished supper./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set\ foot — v. phr. To step; walk; go. Used with a negative. She would not let him set foot across her threshold. She told the boy not to set foot out of the house until he had finished supper … Словарь американских идиом
set foot on or in — idi set foot on or in, to go on or into; enter: Don t set foot in this office again![/ex] … From formal English to slang
set foot — verb a) 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. b) To step onto … Wiktionary
set foot — walk, step, come for a visit He hasn t set foot in this house since his mother died … English idioms
