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
And set afoot a new crop of rumors.
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
The amusing stories told by him and the interesting discussions he set afoot were long remembered, as was his sly teasing of certain professors.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
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
