Sentence examples for the foothold from inspiring English sources
"the foothold" can be used in written English
You can use the phrase to refer to a physical support, such as the firm and steady state of a person's footing/position, or figuratively to denote a starting point in an endeavor or challenge. Example: The leadership team has gained a foothold in the growing industry, allowing them to continue to expand and progress.
noun
A solid grip with the feet.
The foothold that women have gained during the construction boom may expand in the coming years.
But it gave me the foothold I needed to find my way in.
The foothold of British banks is narrow: they offer only basic banking products and have limited branch networks.
When he came across a line of relatives from Naudero, it gave him the foothold he needed.
In those he gets the foothold he needs: new colors emerge in his voice; the phrases are suddenly tauter, his tone more focused.
The foothold in Italy's 70 billion euro insurance market is Ergo's first major foray outside Germany since its creation in 1997.
One of them, the foothold or leghold trap, catches the paw and holds the animal until the trapper arrives and kills it.
The crisis has resulted in the weakening of Iraqiya — and thereby of the foothold of Sunnis on a stake in public life — and the strengthening of Mr. Maliki's power, especially among his Shiite base.
PHNOM PENH — Far from the glamour at fashion weeks in America and Europe, Cambodia's silk industry is struggling to regain the foothold it lost during years of political and civil unrest.
But if there's justice, the new M sedan will give Infiniti the foothold it has always sought on the midrange luxury battlefield dominated by the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series.
Many new species pop up in the aftermath of mass extinctions, but not all mass extinctions cause a sea change: A new study finds that like often replaces like, and that only three of history's five big extinctions were drastic enough to give the newest--and often most complex and adaptable organisms--the foothold they needed to dominate the oceans.
