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set on foot

VERB
bring to pass
Synonyms
WEAK
bring about bring off deliver do the trick give rise to lay the foundation of produce put across put through

Example Sentences

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Park rangers received a report of a suspected heatstroke Wednesday afternoon and set on foot to look for Stanback.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2021

"What that means is that there's nothing to stop the schoolkids in Great Britain today from being amongst the first men and women to set on foot on Mars in the future."

From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2015

If this expedition was allowed to round the southern point of Indo-China, this whole chain of disastrous events would be set on foot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Premier Ziwar set on foot new plans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many projects were set on foot for publishing this work.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.