Foothold
noun
A secure position from which further progress may be made.
The company has a foothold in the mobile phone market.
Often appears as...
- gain a foothold
- secure a foothold
noun
A place in a surface where a foot can be lodged to support someone's weight.
The climber looked for a foothold in the rocky mountain side.
Often appears as...
- find a foothold
- lose a foothold
noun
A secure position from which further progress may be made.
The company has a foothold in the mobile phone market.
Often appears as...
- gain a foothold
- secure a foothold
noun
A place in a surface where a foot can be lodged to support someone's weight.
The climber looked for a foothold in the rocky mountain side.
Often appears as...
- find a foothold
- lose a foothold
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Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to represent a starting point for growth or expansion in various fields.
The new policy gave the company a foothold in international trade.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Context
Commonly used in business to describe a small but important presence in a market.
Our start-up is striving to gain a foothold in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Edge
Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive environment.
With innovative design, we've secured a strong foothold against competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to represent a starting point for growth or expansion in various fields.
The new policy gave the company a foothold in international trade.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Context
Commonly used in business to describe a small but important presence in a market.
Our start-up is striving to gain a foothold in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Edge
Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive environment.
With innovative design, we've secured a strong foothold against competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically to represent a starting point for growth or expansion in various fields.
The new policy gave the company a foothold in international trade.
Pro Tip 2/3Business Context
Commonly used in business to describe a small but important presence in a market.
Our start-up is striving to gain a foothold in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Edge
Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive environment.
With innovative design, we've secured a strong foothold against competitors.
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How I climbed a...
There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes and the smooth granite. I carefully balanced my way upward, shifting my weight back and forth between the small smears. But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust.
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Would you live on the...
creating great economic potential for mining. But the biggest benefit of the moon camp may not lie on the moon but beyond it. With the nearest possibly habitable world light-years away, and the International Space Station to be retired in about a decade, a moon base would be our first foothold
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Last Season on MARS PIPE...
these people are putting their bodies at risk for us for the human race when we get to Mars we need protection from radiation we use of drones to find a lava tube with the conditions we need to deploy a small domed habitat and that little foothold will become humankind's
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Akiva Goldsman on the...
climbing and I started rock climbing and I gotta get up to the ways up and I stopped because there was nothing to do there were no more handhold there were no more footholds I say this as an empirical truth and the person who is teaching me to rock climb said just
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This Plant Traps its...
surface increase the chances that insects will lose their footing whilst downward pointing cells on the inner wall of the plant don't allow prey to gain a foothold and climb back out for those who slip in it's a likely one-way trip down to the plant's
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Sworn Virgins PIPE National...
woman who has sworn to live her life as a man and the reason that this happens is really a social situation whether or not enough men in the family while women's rights are gaining a foothold in the capital in northern Albania
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Setting Up Camp in a...
take it all right great nice job okay don't knock me over sorry to get a foothold here when you do cramp up quick thankfully got a full moon it's only reason we could still work this late otherwise we'd be in big trouble
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This ancient rock is...
Our species can only be traced back in the fossil record to a few hundred thousand years ago. We know from the fossil record, bacteria life had grabbed a strong foothold
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360° Wingwalker - Part 2...
hold your next foothold everything shrinks down into this very succinct little bubble and your only responsibility is to be able to execute the next plan maneuvering
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Top 5 Killer Crocodile...
briefly he finds a foothold
Video examples
How I climbed a...
There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes and the smooth granite. I carefully balanced my way upward, shifting my weight back and forth between the small smears. But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust.
Video examples
Would you live on the...
creating great economic potential for mining. But the biggest benefit of the moon camp may not lie on the moon but beyond it. With the nearest possibly habitable world light-years away, and the International Space Station to be retired in about a decade, a moon base would be our first foothold
Video examples
Last Season on MARS PIPE...
these people are putting their bodies at risk for us for the human race when we get to Mars we need protection from radiation we use of drones to find a lava tube with the conditions we need to deploy a small domed habitat and that little foothold will become humankind's
Video examples
Akiva Goldsman on the...
climbing and I started rock climbing and I gotta get up to the ways up and I stopped because there was nothing to do there were no more handhold there were no more footholds I say this as an empirical truth and the person who is teaching me to rock climb said just
Video examples
This Plant Traps its...
surface increase the chances that insects will lose their footing whilst downward pointing cells on the inner wall of the plant don't allow prey to gain a foothold and climb back out for those who slip in it's a likely one-way trip down to the plant's
Video examples
Sworn Virgins PIPE National...
woman who has sworn to live her life as a man and the reason that this happens is really a social situation whether or not enough men in the family while women's rights are gaining a foothold in the capital in northern Albania
Video examples
Setting Up Camp in a...
take it all right great nice job okay don't knock me over sorry to get a foothold here when you do cramp up quick thankfully got a full moon it's only reason we could still work this late otherwise we'd be in big trouble
Video examples
This ancient rock is...
Our species can only be traced back in the fossil record to a few hundred thousand years ago. We know from the fossil record, bacteria life had grabbed a strong foothold
Video examples
360° Wingwalker - Part 2...
hold your next foothold everything shrinks down into this very succinct little bubble and your only responsibility is to be able to execute the next plan maneuvering
Video examples
Top 5 Killer Crocodile...
briefly he finds a foothold
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Fahadh Faasil
Indian Actor
The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil's son, I am expected to know everything - acting, dancing, horse riding... I am not trained in all these, and I don't think I ever will be.
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David E. Kelley
American Producer
It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.
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George W. Bush
American President
We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.
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Jack Keane
American General
Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
Everyone was surprised then that our music got such a foothold because they said 'You're so fresh-faced and wholesome.
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Lawrence Summers
American Economist
Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.
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Chris Murphy
American Politician
The Saudis helped the U.S. ensure that the Russians never got a meaningful foothold in the Middle East.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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Shamna Kasim
Indian Actress
Dance has given me so many opportunities including a foothold into filmdom.
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Fahadh Faasil
Indian Actor
The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil's son, I am expected to know everything - acting, dancing, horse riding... I am not trained in all these, and I don't think I ever will be.
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David E. Kelley
American Producer
It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.
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George W. Bush
American President
We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.
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Jack Keane
American General
Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
Everyone was surprised then that our music got such a foothold because they said 'You're so fresh-faced and wholesome.
Quote examples
Lawrence Summers
American Economist
Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.
Quote examples
Chris Murphy
American Politician
The Saudis helped the U.S. ensure that the Russians never got a meaningful foothold in the Middle East.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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Shamna Kasim
Indian Actress
Dance has given me so many opportunities including a foothold into filmdom.
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