toehold

Noun

Meaning

a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints

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Examples

By 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

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