set afoot
Example Sentences
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Meantime a semi-serious movement was set afoot in Michigan to recall Governor Dickinson, as an embarrassing if not improper old bore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kroger's and Penney's this year have set afoot large campaigns of "institutional" advertising, praising the service of the chains and attempting to "humanize" them.
From Time Magazine Archive
In order to effect this, a system of unparalleled lying was set afoot against the natives of this kingdom.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Protest meetings were held, committees appointed, investigations set afoot, politicians visited, and much other more or less useless, although spectacular, running around engaged in.
From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.
In brief, Tall Ed, for the first time in his life, was set afoot, and this, you must understand, is a most direful disaster in cowboy life.
From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin
