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Definition of Toehold
1. Noun. A relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made. "His father gave him a toehold in the oil business"
2. Noun. A small foothold used in climbing.
3. Noun. A wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints.
Definition of Toehold
1. Noun. (context: rock climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toehold
1. a space that supports the toes in climbing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toehold
Literary usage of Toehold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prophecies of Isaiah by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1884)
"Parallel passage, x. 25. expressions in Mic. i. 3. Shall '" For toehold, Ac] The
same ... toehold ..."
2. Highways Green Book by American Automobile Association (1920)
"Where the cement grout is used on hillsides and steep inclines, in order to
provide a toehold for horses, the grout in the joint is sometimes raked out for ..."
3. The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts: To which are by Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester (1851)
"[*] d 1 toehold, the woman's promis'd Seed.' J-* Behold the great Messiah ...
[*] ~ e I toehold, the blind their sight receive! -C* Behold, the dead awake, ..."
4. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods: Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"Why do precisely these objects which we toehold make a world ? Why has man just
these species of animals for his neighbors; a? if nothing but a mouse could ..."
5. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... such as Virginia willow and silver bell; and western species with a toehold
in the east, like Missouri primrose and Ozark coneflower. ..."
6. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"Supporters of the policy feared that, without US support for the Contras, the
Soviets would gain a dangerous toehold in Central America. ..."
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