Definitions for foothold

foothold foot·hold

Spelling: [foo t-hohld]
IPA: /ˈfʊtˌhoʊld/

Foothold is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in foothold (dfhlooot).

Definitions for foothold

noun

  1. a place or support for the feet; a place where a person may stand or walk securely.
  2. a secure position, especially a firm basis for further progress or development:

Origin of foothold

First recorded in 1615-25; foot + hold1

Examples for foothold

It is so easy for him to get a foothold in a girl's heart here.

He kicked into it with his feet, got a foothold, and worked the hole bigger.

He scrambled and fought desperately for foothold in the slipping earth.

But while the Paleo diet has rapidly gained a foothold in the public consciousness, it has also been criticized in the media.

It would allow the old way of doing things to regain a foothold in this young century.

For decades, the Chinese government has had a foothold on the African continent.

And today, unlike in the 1950s, the hard-right has gained much more of a foothold in corporate America.

A new tributary for the archic man, and a foothold in the enemy's country.

Somewhere on the foothold of the rocks men were lurking, I made sure.

[Laughs] But, yes, I suppose Scientology has more of a foothold there than it does here.

Word Value for foothold
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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