put foot in
Example Sentences
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"One of the whitest men that ever put foot in stirrup," said Fraser a few minutes later to Gerrard.
From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis
Things have looked better, during the last five or six years, than they have done since Cromwell first put foot in Ireland.
From Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"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
What induced me ever to put foot in a land where the very natives do not know their own customs, and where all is permitted and nothing is tolerated?
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
This girl is as good a little woman as ever put foot in shoe leather, but she had no grit in her, and that's the whole secret.
From Edward Barry South Sea Pearler by Becke, Louis
