Related Words for foothold

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footing
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Noun, Noun
beachhead
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Noun, Noun
bridgehead
/x
Noun, Noun
gained
/
Verb
stronghold
/x
Noun
traction
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Noun
regained
x/
Verb
stranglehold
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Noun
grip
/
Noun
ascendency
x/xx
Noun
headway
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Noun
grasp
/
Noun
ascendancy
x/xx
Noun
handhold
/x
Noun
secured
x/
Verb
reestablish
xx/x
Verb
wedge
/
Noun
clout
/
Noun
solidify
x/xx
Verb
place
/
Noun
attain
x/
Verb
sliver
/x
Noun
ahold
x/
Adverb
ground
/
Noun
territory
/xxx
Noun
momentum
x/x
Noun
wrested
/x
Verb
edge
/
Noun
dominance
/xx
Noun
burgeoning
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Verb
coveted
/xx
Adjective
bulwark
/x
Noun
reach
/
Noun
advantage
x/x
Noun
thriving
/x
Adjective
refuge
/x
Noun
access
/x
Noun
dislodge
x/
Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
outpost
/x
Noun
position
x/x
Noun
monopoly
x/xx
Noun
bastion
/x
Noun
dominion
x/x
Noun
semblance
/x
Noun
conquered
/x
Verb
build
/
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
spot
/
Noun
usurp
x/
Verb
boost
/
Noun
prominence
/xx
Noun
lose
/
Verb
stake
/
Noun
penetrate
/xx
Verb
slipping
/x
Verb
maintain
x/
Verb
respectability
xxx/xx
Noun
cultivate
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Verb
foray
/x
Noun
bolstering
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Verb
leverage
/xx
Noun
seize
/
Verb
hegemony
x/xx
Noun
control
x/
Noun
cement
x/
Noun
fledgling
/x
Noun
dominating
/xxx
Verb
faltering
/xx
Adjective
colonize
/xx
Verb
snag
/
Noun
snatch
/
Noun
escape
x/
Noun
base
/
Noun
encroaching
x/x
Noun
niche
/
Noun
nascent
/x
Adjective
flourishing
/xx
Adjective
catapult
/xx
Noun
lucrative
/xx
Adjective
modicum
/xx
Noun
consolidate
x/xx
Verb
inkling
/x
Noun
sustain
x/
Verb
occupy
/xx
Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
solace
/x
Noun
reassert
xx/
Verb
land
/
Noun
floundering
/xx
Noun
sway
/
Noun
loose
/
Adjective
clinch
/
Noun
climb
/
Noun
notoriety
xx/xx
Noun
exploit
/x
Verb
credibility
xx/xx
Noun
broader
/x
Adjective
infiltrate
x/x
Noun
battleground
/xx
Noun
influence
/xx
Noun
stability
x/xx
Noun
vying
/x
Verb
purchase
/x
Noun
foothill
/x
Noun
cliff
/
Noun
footprint
/x
Noun
topo
/x
Noun
boulder
/x
Noun
mount
/
Noun
crag
/
Noun
groundwork
/x
Noun
fell
/
Verb
descent
x/
Noun
landfall
/x
Noun
rock face
//
Phrase, Noun
hang
/
Verb
toft
/
Noun
high point
//
Phrase, Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
crop
/
Noun
tread
/
Noun
precipice
/xx
Noun
high ground
//
Phrase, Noun
pitch
/
Noun
stand
/
Noun
sole
/
Noun
holt
/
Name
bedrock
/x
Noun
root
/
Noun
landholding
/xx
Noun
clod
/
Noun
floor
/
Noun
scrabbling
/xx
Verb
precarious
x/xx
Adjective
firmer
/x
Adjective
tenuous
/xx
Adjective
mainland
/x
Noun
surer
/x
Adjective
adriatic
xx/x
Name
baltic
/x
Name
manchuria
x/xx
Name
insecure
/xx
Adjective
continent
/xx
Noun
balkans
/x
Name
anchorage
/xx
Noun
ledge
/
Noun
subcontinent
x/xx
Noun
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
backing
/x
Noun, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
clue
/
Noun, Verb
concession
x/x
Noun, Verb
counterweight
/xx
Noun, Verb
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
entry
/x
Noun
fulcrum
/x
Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
incentive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
inducement
x/x
Noun
occupation
xx/x
Noun
pied
/
Name, Adjective
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stalk
/
Noun, Verb
standpoint
/x
Noun
toe
/
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
southend
/x
Name
save
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective