put foot in
Example Sentences
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"Well, I guess there's more than 's good of 'em," drawled out the other; "ill-found, ill-manned, dirty craft as ever I put foot in!"
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
But I will never put foot in it after father and mother are gone.
From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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
I repeat, from the moment when I put foot in Devil's Cliff, from the moment she sees me, when she hears me, her love for you is at an end.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Sue, Eugène
The hybrid is restive, and will not permit him to put foot in the stirrup.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
