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set foot
set foot in . Enter, as in I'll never set foot in this house again .
set foot on . Step on, as in We were so happy to set foot on dry land . [c. 1600]
Example Sentences
In Europe, some ICC member states said they would arrest the Israeli leader if he set foot in their country, while others, such as Germany, announced that he would not be detained if he visited.
Those latter respondents have presumably been anesthetized, never set foot in the real world or live in a permanent, chemically induced stupor.
Many had never set foot in Los Angeles before.
A foreign government is incarcerating hundreds of immigrants on the United States’ behalf, in a country most have never set foot in.
Tatyana and Edvard Krivitsky, who were identified by the state as being associated with the home, didn’t admit to the state accusations, but the couple agreed in a stipulation that they would never oversee or work in such assisted living facilities again — or even set foot in one unless they were visiting a family member who lived there.
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