Definition of toehold
1 a
: a hold or place of support for the toes (as in climbing)
b (1)
: a means of progressing (as in surmounting barriers)
(2)
: a slight footing
- used his money to get a toehold, then a foothold, then a near stranglehold on the political economy
- —R. W. Armstrong
2
: an illegal wrestling hold in which the aggressor bends or twists the other wrestler's foot
