| 单词 | to set one's foot forward |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set one's foot forward a. To carry, send, or thrust forward. to set one's foot forward: see foot n. and int. Phrases 3; to set one's best foot forward and variants: see best adj., n.1, and adv. Phrases 1c(b)(i). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move or cause to move forward or advance [verb (transitive)] > move (a thing) forward to bring onc1230 vaunce1303 advancea1393 to set forward(s)c1430 perduce1563 traila1717 progress1780 c1430 Art Nombryng (1922) 10 Sette forwarde the figures of the nombre multiplying by oo difference. a1547 in Fosbrooke Econ. Mon. Life (1796) 83 When hir hors letyr was app[ar]eled..she was set forwards aft[er] this manner. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 7 Settinge forewarde with their ores the brigantine..ouerturned their Canoa. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 202 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) That man neuer yet set right foote forward in the way to the Kingdome of God. < as lemmas |
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