toehold
IPA: tˈoʊhoʊɫd
noun
- (climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
- (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.
- (wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
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Examples of "toehold" in Sentences
- It even has a toehold on the Great Lakes.
- It has a toehold in Alaska as a scarce breeder.
- But others find a toehold by trading their labor.
- However, they clung to a precarious toehold on the ridge.
- Peanut growing has found a toehold on the economy as have vineyards.
- Mansell passed Berger for second and now had a toehold on the championship.
- DNA computers have also been constructed using the concept of toehold exchange.