foothold

Synonyms for foothold

noun ledge

noun. something that holds up structure

noun. something that holds up structure

1620s, from foot (n.) + hold (n.). Figurative use by 1650s.

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

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

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

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.

A bright thought has managed to get a foothold in her brain.

Our attack will have as its objective the seizure of a foothold on the high ground.

Presently he worked himself up a little and at last got a foothold.

Who would ever have suspected that there had been in her life any foothold for tragedy?

It's too steep to plow, and only a goat could find a foothold on it to graze.