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setting on foot

setting on foot is the present participle and gerund 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 setting on foot

What is setting on foot the present participle and gerund of?
Setting on foot is the present participle and gerund of set on foot.

Words near setting on foot in the dictionary

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

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