set on foot
Example Sentences
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Park rangers received a report of a suspected heatstroke Wednesday afternoon and set on foot to look for Stanback.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2021
"What that means is that there's nothing to stop the schoolkids in Great Britain today from being amongst the first men and women to set on foot on Mars in the future."
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2015
Singularly blessed, therefore, is 70-year-old President Michael Hainisch of Austria�for last week a movement to re-elect him for a third term was set on foot by his Mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
Plans were at once set on foot to discover some parliamentary loophole through which Mr. King can crawl into the House.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as the metal was pronounced brass, he honestly reported the discovery to a magistrate, who set on foot an excavation.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
