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Synonyms for foothold
ˈfʊtˌhoʊldfoothold
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Princeton's WordNet
bridgehead, footholdnoun
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
"an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar"
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footing, beachhead, bridgeheadfoothold, footingnoun
a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
Synonyms:
terms, footing, beachhead, bridgehead, ground, basisbeachhead, footholdnoun
an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
"the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market"
Synonyms:
footing, beachhead, bridgehead
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
footholdnoun
Synonyms:
footing, place to stand on
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List of paraphrases for "foothold":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#229 | terms | |
#1346 | ground | |
#1361 | basis | |
#2008 | foot | |
#24722 | footing | |
#40815 | fulcrum | |
#48007 | foothold | |
#95739 | bridgehead | |
#105044 | beachhead |
How to use foothold in a sentence?
The fungus takes the window of opportunity, invades the body, this body has a small opening because of Covid, because of the sugars( high glucose levels), because of the antibiotics -- because of so many other things,( black fungus) gets a foothold.
Some things are rushing into existence, others out of it. Some of what now exists is already gone. Change and flux constantly remake the world, just as the incessant progression of time remakes eternity. We find ourselves in a river. Which of the things around us should we value when none of them can offer a firm foothold? Like an attachment to a sparrow: we glimpse it and it’s gone.
It provides a much stronger foothold for Google to really be part of the vehicle rather than being an add-on.
With Mitsubishi, Nissan will have a better foothold even in terms of small cars.
The problem of finding and compensating talent is immense; they just don't want to live in (California's) suburban Silicon Valley, many of these companies found a foothold in New York simply as a mechanism of attracting talent and maintaining the talent.
Translations for foothold
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- предмостие, плацдарм, опораBulgarian
- jalansija, sillanpääFinnish
- [[apoio]] [[para]] [[os]] [[pés]]Portuguese
- опорный пункт, плацдарм, [[опора]] [[для]] [[ногаRussian
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