Noun
a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
Source: WordNetBy and large these attempts to rewrite history were not taken seriously, but it was disconcerting to hear that they had gained even a toehold. Alastair Reynolds
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. Mary Karr
Acey blocked a drop toehold from Shelley, but Sabin followed up by giving Acey a bulldog. Source: Internet
Although none of these business initiatives were particularly successful, the Cobalt purchase gave Sun a toehold for its return to the x86 hardware market. Source: Internet
D.s desperate to keep a toehold in academia depresses adjunct wages, that makes it cheaper for universities to hire them to teach classes and free up time for tenured researchers to do what they enjoy: conduct research. Source: Internet
Spinning toehold, looking for the figure four, Ripley reverses to a cover but can’t put her away! Source: Internet