set foot

set foot idiom
  1. set foot in. Enter, as in I'll never set foot in this house again.
  2. set foot on. Step on, as in We were so happy to set foot on dry land. [c. 1600]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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