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mettre le pied à l'étrier

/mɛ.tʁə lə pje a l‿e.tʁi.je/

verb/mɛ.tʁə lə pje a l‿e.tʁi.je/

to get a foot on the ladder, to get one's foot in the door; to get cracking; to give someone a leg up

Literally, “to put the foot in the stirrup”