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You can use this idiom when referring to beginning to make a mark or establish yourself in a certain field or environment. For example, "When I started my business, my goal was to set a foothold in the industry."
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Her consultancy company Spotone Global Solutions helps technology companies to set a foothold in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Set a foothold trap in the shallow water at the edge of a lake or stream at a spot where a beaver path meets the water (called a "slide").
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On a lifeless wicket, Australia won a crucial toss and set about regaining a foothold in the series.
We set the foothold of leg (L_1) as fragile enough to collapse while walking.
However, a double-fault in game nine of the third set gave Klizan a foothold in the match and the Slovakian took advantage.
With the first game of the second set crucial to maintaining a foothold, Sharapova double-faulted twice to give Williams double break point.
The set-piece gives such a foothold in the modern game that you simply cannot afford to have your lineout functioning at 53%.
Because just as Stoke seemed set to push on Fulham regained a foothold and saw Bryan Ruiz felled by Marc Wilson, prompting a penalty call of their own.
Erakovic caught Robson flat-footed in the first set, and Robson found getting a foothold in any sense difficult.
Do they retain a foothold in the emperor's palace?
LIKE missionaries of yore, Rabbi Mendel Bogomilsky set out 20 years ago to establish a foothold for his faith in a wilderness of sorts.
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