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Synonyms for foothold


Grammar : Noun
Spell : foo t-hohld
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊtˌhoʊld



Définition of foothold

Origin :
  • 1620s, from foot (n.) + hold (n.). Figurative use by 1650s.
  • noun ledge
Example sentences :
  • Somewhere on the foothold of the rocks men were lurking, I made sure.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • It is so easy for him to get a foothold in a girl's heart here.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • A new tributary for the archic man, and a foothold in the enemy's country.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • He kicked into it with his feet, got a foothold, and worked the hole bigger.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • He scrambled and fought desperately for foothold in the slipping earth.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • A bright thought has managed to get a foothold in her brain.
  • Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
  • Our attack will have as its objective the seizure of a foothold on the high ground.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • Presently he worked himself up a little and at last got a foothold.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison
  • Who would ever have suspected that there had been in her life any foothold for tragedy?
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • It's too steep to plow, and only a goat could find a foothold on it to graze.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays » by Laura Lee Hope

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