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
Let it be said, however, that Condorcet showed himself no pedantic nor fastidious trifler with the tremendous movement which he had contributed to set afoot.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet by Morley, John
Military associations were formed, military exercises eagerly engaged in, and subscriptions set afoot for purchasing arms and ammunition.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
In order to effect this, a system of unparalleled lying was set afoot against the natives of this kingdom.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
