1 a position in a place or an activity which you hope will lead to more power or success:
The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in the North American market.
2 a very small hole or space on a cliff, just big enough to put your foot in when you are climbing
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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 toehold is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is toehold a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, toehold is tagged as noun.
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