put foot in
Example Sentences
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The officer hastily fastened on a spur which he had brought with him, put foot in stirrup, and mounted.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
"Why, I thought Tanty said she would not put foot in Pulwick again till Adrian returned home."
From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton
I cannot say which are in the right, for neither I nor my mates ever put foot in the interior of the mansion.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Sue, Eugène
July 2nd, 1826, we put foot in Europe, after a passage of thirty-one days from the quarantine ground.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
But when Gilmore led a pony round, I know it needed all the pluck they could muster to put foot in stirrup.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
