put foot in
Example Sentences
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Frantz, in a tart voice, "but this woman shall not put foot in my house."
From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de
But I will never put foot in it after father and mother are gone.
From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Already hath she visited King Louis of France in his Tower; but never yet entered among the Florentines, because she is chaste and will not put foot in a place of ill repute.
From The Well of Saint Clare by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)
I don't think there has been so disgraceful a business since we first put foot in India.
From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Hardly, however, had she put foot in the hired victoria, when the ayah appeared, suggesting another look at the child.
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
