Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
toehold .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word toe-hold.
Examples
-
In Brazil, BP gains a toe-hold in one of the world's most promising deep-water basins with exploration blocks in the Campos Basin , a presalt oil frontier.
Brazil Clears Path for BP Purchase of Devon Assets Diana Kinch 2011
-
But he continued to insist that “a collapse of Germany might follow . . . a few months after” the Allies established “a firm toe-hold” in France.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
-
Here's the toe-hold that Notch defeated Hackenschmidt with.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
-
Embassytown is their tenuous toe-hold in this new world.
Impossible Cities Tom Shippey 2011
-
High elevation bristlecones thrive in such harsh, frigid conditions that insects, fire and disease cannot get a toe-hold to harm these venerable beauties.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
-
We can see the machinations of Herod's power play as he seeks to find the newborn one that threatens his toe-hold in the hierarchy of Empire.
Rev. Anne Howard: Epiphany: Light In The Darkness Rev. Anne Howard 2011
-
High elevation bristlecones thrive in such harsh, frigid conditions that insects, fire and disease cannot get a toe-hold to harm these venerable beauties.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
-
High elevation bristlecones thrive in such harsh, frigid conditions that insects, fire and disease cannot get a toe-hold to harm these venerable beauties.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
-
We can see the machinations of Herod's power play as he seeks to find the newborn one that threatens his toe-hold in the hierarchy of Empire.
Rev. Anne Howard: Epiphany: Light In The Darkness Rev. Anne Howard 2011
-
High elevation bristlecones thrive in such harsh, frigid conditions that insects, fire and disease cannot get a toe-hold to harm these venerable beauties.
Dr. Reese Halter: Saving the Ancient Pines by Reducing our Global Footprints Dr. Reese Halter 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.