foot in the door
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He offered to mop the floors at OpenAI to get his foot in the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fontaine got his foot in the door through his father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Once he had his foot in the door as an intern, success became an obsession, with bonuses becoming "a way of gauging how wonderfully successful a human being I was".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Many young workers, in particular, will need to take jobs at less prestigious companies or choose lower-level occupations that were not their first choice, simply to get their foot in the door.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
But Nelson says they’ve got one foot in the door of the church and one foot out.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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