set foot in

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Synonyms of set foot innext
: enter

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Roan opted for an arresting wardrobe choice while setting foot in the historic Los Angeles gay bar. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2026 For every person who was at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving 1976, watching the Band give a massive farewell show, there are hundreds of thousands who have never set foot in the venue. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026 That means Mexican nationality can continue in perpetuity even if future offspring never set foot in the country — so long as their parent was a Mexican national. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 For most of her life, Onorato, 61, had not set foot in a voting booth. — Whitman Littlefield, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for set foot in

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