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toehold

[ UK /tˈə‍ʊhə‍ʊld/ ]
[ US /ˈtoʊˌhoʊɫd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
    his father gave him a toehold in the oil business
    American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks
  2. a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
  3. a small foothold used in climbing

How To Use toehold In A Sentence

  • And now NDB and FMB have another toehold in the schools. Can In-Class Huckstering Make Milk Drinking Cool?
  • They didn't abandon their culture, and they didn't even really change it - they just got a toehold on prosperity.
  • This ‘additional functionality’ should be removed, he advises, and the operating system secured so attackers cannot get the necessary toehold on the system.
  • He has struggled long and hard to keep this one-room toehold in "Jozi," one of WISTV - Local News RSS
  • This before using a toehold to propel themselves six feet into thin air in order to grab the next fingerhold. Times, Sunday Times
  • Having established a toehold, the parent company then looks to expand with further acquisitions.
  • The gang had strong ties to Brighton Beach, the traditional first toehold in the United States. CHAMELEON
  • The memories of the Gathering and everything that had happened since that awful night could gain no toehold here. TREASON KEEP
  • Minor blister pain can advance from a low simmer to a fiery torture in the space of a few miles, so don't let it get a toehold in the gap between your feet and your socks and shoes.
  • Few independent comic artists have succeeded in gaining a toehold in the lucrative spin-off market.
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