"set foot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-set foot.ogg [Australia] Forms: sets foot [present, singular, third-person], setting foot [participle, present], set foot [participle, past], set foot [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> foot}} set foot (third-person singular simple present sets foot, present participle setting foot, simple past and past participle set foot)
  1. (idiomatic, rhetorical with 'in') To enter Tags: idiomatic Translations (to enter): ayaq basmaq (Azerbaijani), astua jalallaan (Finnish), mettre les pieds (French), mettre le pied (French), poser le pied (French), poser les pieds (French), poner el pie (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-set_foot-en-verb-26oNzAIc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'to enter': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic, rhetorical with 'on') To step onto Tags: idiomatic Translations (to step onto): ayaq basmaq (Azerbaijani), poser le pied (French), poser les pieds (French)
    Sense id: en-set_foot-en-verb-vATsQ1fq Disambiguation of 'to step onto': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: step foot

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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