put foot in
Example Sentences
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He passed beneath the archway and put foot in the famous Strand.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom
Silas, often as he had been in Charleston, had never put foot in a street car; even a hired conveyance was against the prejudices of these gentlemen.
From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
This girl is as good a little woman as ever put foot in shoe leather, but she had no grit in her, and that's the whole secret.
From Edward Barry South Sea Pearler by Becke, Louis
But when Gilmore led a pony round, I know it needed all the pluck they could muster to put foot in stirrup.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
No czar had ever put foot in them.
From The Story of Russia by Bergen, R. Van
