Synonyms for set foot in
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : foo t |
| Phonetic Transcription : fÊŠt |
Top 10 synonyms for set foot in Other synonyms for the word set foot in
- access
- alight
- barge in
- blow in
- break in
- breeze in
- burst in
- bust in
- butt in
- come into
- come upon
- crack
- crawl
- creep
- cross threshold
- crowd in
- disembark
- drive in
- drop in
- encounter
- fall into
- gain entrée
- horn in
- immigrate
- ingress
- insert
- insinuate
- intrude
- invade
- jump in
- land
- make an entrance
- make way
- meet
- move in
- pass in
- pass into
- penetrate
- pierce
- pile in
- pop in
- probe
- reach
- rush in
- set foot in
- show up
- slip
- sneak
- take place
- work in
- worm in
- wriggle
Définition of set foot in
Origin :- Old English fot, from Proto-Germanic *fot (cf. Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE *ped- (cf. Avestan pad-; Sanskrit pad-, accusative padam "foot;" Greek pos, Attic pous, genitive podos; Latin pes, genitive pedis "foot;" Lithuanian padas "sole," peda "footstep"). Plural form feet is an instance of i-mutation. Of a bed, grave, etc., first recorded c.1300.
- The linear measurement of 12 inches was in Old English, from the length of a man's foot. Colloquial exclamation my foot! expressing "contemptuous contradiction" [OED] is first attested 1923, probably a euphemism for my ass, in the same sense, which dates back to 1796. The metrical foot (Old English, translating Latin pes, Greek pous in the same sense) is commonly taken as a reference to keeping time by tapping the foot.
- To get off on the right foot is from 1905; to put one's best foot foremost first recorded 1849 (Shakespeare has the better foot before, 1596). To put one's foot in (one's) mouth "say something stupid" is attested by 1942; the expression put (one's) foot in something "make a mess of it" is from 1823.
- As in come in : verb enter place
- As in come on : verb appear, enter
- As in enter : verb come, put into a place
Antonyms for set foot in
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