Synonym: beachhead, bridgehead, footing. Similar words: smooth out, potholed, smooth over, foot, afoot, on foot, footage, footman. Meaning: n. 1. an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies 2. a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing 3. an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments.
61. The Addax deal will give Sinopec a strong foothold in oil-rich West Africa and Iraqi Kurdistan and a steady supply of oil for its refining operations.
62. Gen. Benjamin Butler, commander of Union forces occupying a foothold in Virginia at Fortress Monroe on the mouth of the James River, provided a legal rationale for the seizure of slave property.
63. In addition to these fundamental tasks, a top priority at present is to prevent the virus from establishing a foothold in densely populated urban or peri-urban parts of the country.
64. Perhaps these companies think it's too late to rethink the basics, or they're afraid of veering away from what has given them a small trending foothold.
65. Not only the best - selling domestic products in the international market to gain a foothold.
66. And to find a foothold in the savings and low consumption, based on ecological restoration and protection, and thus the sustainable development of the city line.
67. Trustworthiness is a person toa foothold the society lead first.
68. The men and the women were dazedly struggling for a foothold of authority, while the women suffered from double dominance of modernity and male power.
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