set afoot
Example Sentences
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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
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
The amusing stories told by him and the interesting discussions he set afoot were long remembered, as was his sly teasing of certain professors.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
Diaghileff nevertheless, by dint of his persistence, wrung a half-hearted consent from him, and, after repeated and laborious rehearsals, the ballet was set afoot and was produced in Paris in the spring.
From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor
And set afoot a new crop of rumors.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
