TOEHOLD Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

toehold

noun

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as in foothold

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Recent Examples of toehold When Spain absorbed Portugal in 1580, Madrid also gained control over the Portuguese colony of Macau, its first real toehold on the Chinese mainland. —

Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025 And yes, the clash with the Contras erupted in part because Carter’s successor, Ronald Reagan, wanted to reestablish a toehold in the Americas. —

Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 The not-so-subtle launching of Golden Globes/BAFTA/Oscars buzz around this or that theatrical product is difficult to ignite, and the producers need a toehold in North America. —

Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The London planetree, the most common street tree in New York, is particularly known for its resilience and fast growth rate, and any of its offspring could quickly find a toehold in a deteriorating asphalt parking lot. —

Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for toehold

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Noun

The local voting also provides an opening for smaller parties, independents and outsider candidates to gain political footholds that would be far harder to achieve in national parliamentary races.

— Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Any individual who lied during the naturalization process to gain a foothold in this country will be met with the full weight of the Department of Justice.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 8 May 2026