- set foot in somewhere
- set foot in (somewhere)
to visit or go to a place.
Most people who live in New York have never set foot in the Statue of Liberty, which is, of course, right in the middle of New York harbor.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
set foot in somewhere
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set foot in — (somewhere) to visit or go to a place. Most people who live in New York have never set foot in the Statue of Liberty, which is, of course, right in the middle of New York harbor … New idioms dictionary
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