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set afoot

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The Newgate Calendar or Dumas' novels would scarcely match the stories which fear and ignorance have set afoot.

That word was first set afoot in the parish by a man of settled habits, and therefore of sure authority.

It was agreed that the project should be at once set afoot and pushed vigorously to a finish.

Inquiries, of course, were set afoot about the missing property, but fortunately I was not suspected.

About ten years ago, down in the desert of the Southwest, my horse broke his leg, and I was set afoot.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to set afoot, such as: drive, excite, galvanize, incline, inspire, and persuade.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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