单词	toehold
释义	toehold /ˈtəʊhəʊld / noun 1A small place where a person’s foot can be lodged to support them, especially while climbing.Michael stood below him, placing the young climber's feet into the toeholds afforded by the sheer rock wall.... Janet carefully swung one leg over the sill and rested her small foot on the narrow toehold as she shifted the rest of her through the opening. Your weight shifts and, incredibly, your right foot catches a toehold. 1.1A relatively insignificant position from which further progress may be made: the initiative is helping companies to gain a toehold in the Gulf... Quite simply, local young people are being squeezed right out of the housing market, quite unable to contemplate gaining even a toehold. It prefers to begin its expansion programme in new countries by gaining a toehold - or minority interest - rather than making a big initial acquisition. The French reached Cayenne in 1604, and the Dutch arrived in 1616, but Britain did not gain a permanent toehold until 1796.
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