set foot in
踏入,踏进,踏足,踏入了
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Definitions
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plural feet for 1-4, 8-11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20.
- : the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- : any part similar in position or function.
- : such a part considered as the organ of locomotion.
- : a unit of length, originally derived from the length of the human foot. It is divided into 12 inches and equal to 30.48 centimeters. Abbreviation: ft., f.
- : foot soldiers; infantry.
- : walking or running motion; pace: swift of foot.
- : quality or character of movement or motion; tread; step.
- : any part or thing resembling a foot, as in function, placement, shape, etc.
- : Furniture. a shaped or ornamented feature terminating a leg at its lower part.any of several short legs supporting a central shaft, as of a pedestal table.
- : a rim, flange, or flaring part, often distinctively treated, serving as a base for a table furnishing or utensil, as a glass, teapot, or candlestick.
- : the part of a stocking, sock, etc., covering the foot.
- : the lowest part, or bottom, of anything, as of a hill, ladder, page, etc.
- : a supporting part; base.
- : the part of anything opposite the top or head: He waited patiently at the foot of the checkout line.
- : the end of a bed, grave, etc., toward which the feet are placed: Put the blanket at the foot of the bed, please.
- : Printing. the part of the type body that forms the sides of the groove, at the base.
- : the last, as of a series.
- : that which is written at the bottom, as the total of an account.
- : Prosody. a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit of a verse.
- : Usually foots . sediment or dregs.footlight.
- : Nautical. the lower edge of a sail.
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- : to walk; go on foot: We'll have to foot it.
- : to move the feet rhythmically, as to music or in dance.
- : to move forward; sail: to foot briskly across the open water.
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- : to walk or dance on: footing the cobblestones of the old city.
- : to perform: cavaliers footing a galliard.
- : to traverse on or as if on foot.
- : to make or attach a foot to: to foot a stocking.
- : to pay or settle: I always end up footing the bill.
- : to add and set the sum at the foot.
- : to seize with talons, as a hawk.
- : to establish.
- : Archaic. to kick, especially to kick away.
- : Obsolete. to set foot on.
Phrases
- foot in both camps, have a
- foot in one's mouth, put one's
- foot in the door, get one's
- foot the bill
- bound hand and foot
- caught flat-footed
- get off on the wrong foot
- not touch with a ten-foot pole
- one foot in the grave
- on foot
- on the right foot
- play footsie
- put one's best foot forward
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it
- set foot
- shoe is on the other foot
- shoot oneself in the foot
- wait on hand and foot
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A kicked football will not reverse in midair and return to the kicker’s foot.
It’s important to us that we put our best foot forward always, and that’s been hard to reconcile with the shipping delays.
There’s different muck under your boggy feet in different parts of the country, at different times.
The median sales price of homes in Cheesman Park is $799,000 with an average of $457 per square foot.
If your influencer isn’t credible enough, your audience might not get swept off their feet.
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.
It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.
Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.