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    Pavone wound slowly about the city in and out in the strong summer sunlight and the purple French shadows that Michael had known from the paintings of Cezanne and Renoir and Pissaro long before he had ever set foot on the soil of France (J. Shaw). Nothing would induce me to set foot within that man's house (W. S. Maugham). This is not England, where the Sovereign may not set foot in the House of Commons. I can wander in and out of the capital as I please (G. Vidafi

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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


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