footholdnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfʊt.həʊld/us/ˈfʊt.hoʊld/foothold noun [ C ] (ROCK CLIMBING)
a place such as a hole in a rock where you can put your foot safely when climbing
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Mountaineering & rock climbing
- abseil
- bag
- base camp
- bivouac
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- climb
- climbing
- crampon
- footing
- free running
- hold
- ice pick
- mountaineer
- mountaineering
- Munro-bagging
- rappel
- Sherpa
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foothold noun [ C ] (STRONG POSITION)
a strong first position from which further progress can be made:
We are still trying to get/gain a foothold in the Japanese market.
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Opportunity
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- bite
- break
- chance
- half
- look in
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- manqué
- miss
- miss out
- op
- pass
- the run of sth idiom
- the world is sb's oyster idiom
- there are plenty more fish in the sea idiom
- toehold
- too good to miss idiom
- window
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