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UK
/tˈəʊhəʊld/
]
[ US /ˈtoʊˌhoʊɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈtoʊˌhoʊɫd/ ]
NOUN
-
a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
his father gave him a toehold in the oil business
American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks - a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
- a small foothold used in climbing
How To Use toehold In A Sentence
- We have to show them they can't have a toehold in Leeds, that there is no place for people who sow seeds of hatred and division.
- Her hands grasped the tiniest cracks and protuberances and without thought to where they would take her, her feet scrambled for the slightest toehold!
- He realises that his party is battling hard to retain a toehold in what was once its bastion.
- Achieving a toehold in America remains an objective and he intends to explore this option with appointments already in his diary to meet distributors.
- It'll be a toehold for the organisation in Europe.
- The far western edge of the yard held back the weeds, wild alfalfa, buckbrush and whatever else could find a toehold out there.
- I searched desperately for a toehold in the rock face.
- One step after another I fumbled for a toehold, my legs weak and my grip moist.
- She fell back and tried again several times until, as I silently urged her on, she finally managed to get a toehold with her right front foot on top of the lower, two-board side of the corner.
- Insurance is a very difficult market to get a toehold in.
