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sets on foot

sets on foot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set on foot.

Meaning of set on foot

Verb

set on foot (third-person singular simple present sets on foot, present participle setting on foot, simple past and past participle set on foot)

  1. (transitive) To originate; to put into action.
    • Meanwhile that little disappointment made her delight the more in Sir James Chettam's readiness to set on foot the desired improvements.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 3

Questions about sets on foot

What is sets on foot the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets on foot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set on foot.

Words near sets on foot in the dictionary

  1. sets of wheels
  2. sets off
  3. sets on
  4. sets on a pedestal
  5. sets on fire
  6. sets on foot
  7. sets one's cap at
  8. sets one's face against
  9. sets one's hair on fire
  10. sets one's hand to
  11. sets one's heart on

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