toehold


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toehold

1. a small foothold to facilitate climbing
2. a wrestling hold in which the opponent's toe is held and his leg twisted against the joints
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

toehold

A batten or board which is nailed, temporarily, to a sloping roof to act as a footing for workmen.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The stake purchase in San Miguel's unlisted bank, Bank of Commerce, will allow the Malaysian lender a toehold into the Philippines' market and promote its Southeast expansion plan.
Neither has a toehold in Scotland, but this was a UK show.
The British-based observatory, which has a network of activists across Syria, said security forces and armoured vehicles stormed the neighbourhood of Barzeh, an opposition toehold inside Damascus, and there were sounds of heavy gunfire.
ENGINEERING consultancy and support services group WS Atkins has benefited from its toehold in the Middle East, while its UK operations appear to have stabilised.