set afoot
Example Sentences
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Meantime a semi-serious movement was set afoot in Michigan to recall Governor Dickinson, as an embarrassing if not improper old bore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kroger's and Penney's this year have set afoot large campaigns of "institutional" advertising, praising the service of the chains and attempting to "humanize" them.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when the feasting first was stayed, and boards were done aside, Great beakers there they set afoot, and straight the wine they crowned.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
"He used to be down here two or three times a-week, about three months ago," said he, "when the new line was first set afoot; but since then, you know, gentlemen——" He paused, significantly.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
Protest meetings were held, committees appointed, investigations set afoot, politicians visited, and much other more or less useless, although spectacular, running around engaged in.
From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster
