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Set on foot

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To originate; to put into action. transitive

    "Meanwhile that little disappointment made her delight the more in Sir James Chettam's readiness to set on foot the desired improvements."

Etymology

Compare the identical French mettre sur pied, of which this may be a calque.

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