set on foot
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
Then Premier Ziwar set on foot new plans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Plans were at once set on foot to discover some parliamentary loophole through which Mr. King can crawl into the House.
From Time Magazine Archive
But we must set on foot such enquiries as will remove all doubt, and in case of their death recover for you and your brother and sisters any property they may have left.”
From Mildred's New Daughter by Finley, Martha
