set foot in

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to enter or visit a place

   This is where the Beatles first set foot in North America.

In the movies · 17

• Even as some of us were setting foot on the moon,David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet2020
• This is where the Beatles first set foot in North America.Come from Away2021
• I ll never set foot in Wyoming againThe Hateful Eight2015
• : I'll never set foot in that town again.Wind River2017
• As more vampires set foot in their territoryThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012
• Don't ever set foot in my casino again.Ocean's Eleven2001
• Warning you, Evie, she will never set foot in this house!Howards End1992
• My mother has never set foot in this kitchen in her life.X-Men: First Class2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Come from Away2021
  • Gander Learns of the Emergency
  • Planes Land Unexpectedly in Gander
  • Gander Declares a State of Emergency

From the same entry

• be rushed off your feet
• fall on your feet
• feet first
• get a foot in the door
• get off on the right foot
• get your feet wet
• have feet of clay
• have your feet on the ground
• have a foot in both camps
• have one foot in the grave
• …my foot
• on your feet

More idioms

• take your chances
• at this rate
• be flattered
• bridge the gap
• having said that
• kick the bucket
• the beginning of the end
• a dime a dozen
• a good bet
• at worst
• be honoured
• be in awe of