set foot somewhere
set foot on (something or some place)
To physically board something or travel to some place. As soon as I set foot on that train, I knew I'd never see my hometown again. It was her very first time setting foot on foreign shores.
See also: foot, on, set
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
set foot somewhere
COMMON If you set foot somewhere, you physically go there. I never expected to set foot on British soil again. Poor kid, he thought, little did she know what lay ahead of her even before she set foot on foreign soil. I am not letting anyone else set foot outside this house.
See also: foot, set, somewhere
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- set foot on
- set foot on (something or some place)
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- grappling
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- favorite son
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- pull for (someone or something)
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