1 a crack, hole or branch where your foot can be safely supported when climbing:
She edged forward feeling for a foothold.
2 [usuallysing.] a strong position in a business, profession, etc. from which sb can make progress and achieve success:
The company is eager to gain a foothold in Europe. * With this upcoming deal we hope to establish a permanent foothold in the US market.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for foothold is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is foothold a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, foothold is tagged as noun.
Does foothold appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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