set on foot in English

Forms: sets on foot [present, singular, third-person], setting on foot [participle, present], set on foot [participle, past], set on foot [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> on foot}} set on foot (third-person singular simple present sets on foot, present participle setting on foot, simple past and past participle set on foot)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets on foot",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting on foot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set on foot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set on foot",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 3",
          "text": "Meanwhile that little disappointment made her delight the more in Sir James Chettam's readiness to set on foot the desired improvements.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To originate; to put into action."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To originate; to put into action."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "set afoot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "panna alulle"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mettre sur pied"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set on foot"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets on foot",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting on foot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set on foot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set on foot",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "set<,,set> on foot"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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          "ref": "1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 3",
          "text": "Meanwhile that little disappointment made her delight the more in Sir James Chettam's readiness to set on foot the desired improvements.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To originate; to put into action."
      ],
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          "originate"
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          "action",
          "action"
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        "(transitive) To originate; to put into action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "set afoot"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "panna alulle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mettre sur pied"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set on foot"
}

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"set on foot" meaning in English

Verb