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set foot in
some place to enter into some place; to begin to enter some place. The judge ordered him never to set foot in her house again. I would never set foot in a place like that.
set foot in somewhere
also set foot on 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.