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    foothold


    1. It wasn’t until the Dead Gods gained a foothold that she finally saw her opportunity


    2. To find shoes in your dream suggests that you have regained your foothold on life


    3. He found another handhold, just enough to hook his fingertips into, and then he set above looking for a foothold


    4. And then they were both struggling again but his feet were flailing in thin air for a foothold but there was no foothold and the realization of what was happening sheared across his mind


    5. foothold in California or elsewhere on the Pacific coast


    6. We seek a place to form a foothold


    7. The mountains would provide a temporary foothold, though the people of Corsair would consider the invasion an act of war


    8. He knew there was no arguing with her, so he obediently bent over and put his hands together as a foothold


    9. “Not on your life,” grit out Kay between clenched teeth, finding another foothold


    10. Grey slid across the bark, scrabbling furiously for a foothold, bellowing in terror as he was catapulted into the icy water

    11. There is not the slightest bit of evidence that Castro could ever credibly hope for a foothold on Puerto Rico, either militarily or politically


    12. She was limping painfully, getting slapped with branches and stuck in thick strands of spider webs that sent shudders through her, as she wiped desperately before one of the huge things could gain a foothold on her skin


    13. First and foremost is to prevent the sorcerers from ever getting a foothold in your realm


    14. Should they ever get a foothold, you must do everything in your power to remove them


    15. That is why they must never get a permanent foothold in your realm


    16. This may mean letting them take over another planet and getting a small foothold


    17. point for crime groups to gain a foothold in the United States


    18. shuddered, swayed then regained their foothold


    19. Jesus was willing to die for the cause, to do all that He could to see the kingdom of heaven gain a foothold on earth, but He would not tolerate any kind of resistance to His authority, dealing swiftly with any opposition to the cause, even if it came from His closest ally


    20. could say that it had only gained a foothold, but it is too late for that

    21. foothold in this very lucrative market


    22. foothold anywhere in the abyss, no God to whom to appeal; and seeing this


    23. It was a temporary foothold in the vast emptiness of space that could be blown away tomorrow by a tiny shift of the universe’s energy


    24. Kaibiak understood that by preventing a Taelrok foothold on Earth, the attack on Utayatu would be greatly delayed, or at the very least, made more difficult


    25. “Unfortunately, I do," Jerry said, feeling his foothold in the argument fading away


    26. I alone will lead a double life, continuing with my original life in 2012 in order to keep a foothold in that century


    27. After a while, the plants were so thick that weeds couldn’t possibly establish a foothold and grow within their midst


    28. that stood to gain a foothold


    29. gain a foothold in the enterprise systems market


    30. Once it was deep in the underground lagoon, it was nearly impossible: he could barely see, his fingers were numb with cold, the lake’s bottom gave no foothold

    31. foothold on the new foot and a half snow bed


    32. established a foothold in our quadrant


    33. foothold in this Galaxy


    34. a strategy of expanding its foothold in the rich Yangtze River


    35. Secondly, you would have a much firmer foothold in Europe, with all that means for trade and influence, the NATO alliance and so on


    36. We establish a firmer foothold and greater political influence in Europe, and NATO, apart from the economic benefits


    37. around to the rear foothold of the wagon


    38. As she went to place her feet on the bottom of the ocean to come back up again, she couldn’t find her foothold


    39. At dawn, we began widening the ledge at the bottom of the mound so we could get a better foothold


    40. Support provided now may help address economic and other barriers which need to be overcome to enable renewables to gain a firm foothold in the market, after which they should be increasingly competitive with a declining need for support

    41. All the same, it is worth probing the causative factors that helped Islam to have a firm foothold in Aryavarta that eventually enabled it to carve out Pakistan, for its Musalmans, from what is emotionally a Hindu land


    42. Once a place like GrandGoods gains a foothold, then come other chains


    43. Now as a result, the Undead have more of a chance to gain a foothold on our civilization, our humanity


    44. He established a foothold in Kansas


    45. One foot up and then another, each hand and foothold searched for and then found in the stone


    46. The Prime Minister became overjoyed at this opportunity to get a foothold in the UK and European markets


    47. “It’s possible he needed to gain a foothold here and did so in a


    48. they lose their foothold here, they will find other ways


    49. The reason that disaster occurred and the reason it has this name is because the destruction of the entire continent of America was set off by the first European colony establishing a foothold on an island 3 miles off the coast of that continent


    50. People desperately try to get a foothold on it and the driver with complete disregard for the passengers suddenly moves off





























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    Synonyms for "foothold"

    beachhead foothold footing bridgehead

    "foothold" definitions

    an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies


    a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing


    an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments