toehold in the PONS Dictionary

toehold Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

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They're staggering under debts, fighting to get a toehold in the housing market and watching their household incomes shrink.
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It's made of finely woven mesh so that no one can gain a toehold.
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He's doing this purely for electoral reasons so that he can get a toehold in these regions.
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At the end of the last millennium, minicomputers and mainframes still had a tenuous toehold on the enterprise.
arstechnica.com
But they have found it difficult to get a toehold in the existing alliances that make up the local construction industry.
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But, thanks to the patronage of young fashion fans who value the "slow fashion" factor, custom shoemakers have found a fresh toehold.
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However, they clung to a precarious toehold on the ridge.
en.wikipedia.org
Subsequent attempts failed to expand their toehold.
en.wikipedia.org
Red valerian -- ubiquitous in crumbling walls -- seeds wherever it can gain a toehold.
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So, what is the best way of preventing an agile intruder intent on an unauthorised swim from harnessing the power of this toehold?
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