step foot

present singular third person steps foot · participle present stepping foot · participle past stepped foot · past stepped foot

1. nonstandardproscribedEggcorn of set foot.

   She never stepped foot on the mainland again long as she lived.

   1896, Sarah Orne Jewett, The country of the pointed firs, page 105

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   This was a pleasure of no small kind; and in stepping foot again upon the soil of that country, which contains much that I prize, and more that I admire

   1813, Washington Irving, “Sketches of an Excursion from Edinburgh to Dublin”, in The Analectic magazine, page 480

   All the dukes and princes that ever stepped foot in America, never deserved a tenth part of the attention which is due to Prof. Agassiz.

   1872, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature: international journal of science, volume 6, page 509

   "Well," the person responded, pointing to each building in turn: "This one I usually go to, this one I sometimes go to, and this one I would never step foot in."

   2003, Deborah P. Britzman, After-education: Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and psychoanalytic histories of learning, page 134

   It was a week after the funeral before Lida stepped foot in the house again.

   2003, Richard Dry, Leaving, page 114

   Imagine stepping foot on a dance floor after studying and practicing the steps for a waltz and the band strikes up the music for a rumba

   2005, Jay Emerson Johnson, Dancing With God: Anglican Christianity And The Practice Of Hope, page 49