put foot in
Example Sentences
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Frantz, in a tart voice, "but this woman shall not put foot in my house."
From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de
She told Hansei that she thought it a stupid piece of business for the innkeeper to make a festival of her return, but that she wouldn't put foot in the Chamois for all his music.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
It's forty-eight hours since I put foot in them!
From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre
The hybrid is restive, and will not permit him to put foot in the stirrup.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
"The French police know that; and if ever you or your step-daughter put foot in France you will be arrested."
From The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime by Le Queux, William
