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• n  a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
  American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks
  his father gave him a toehold in the oil business
• n  a small foothold used in climbing
• n  a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints

• AppleTV a sort of iTunesTiVo superbox for television has yet to find a toehold.
• A similar phishing scam established a toehold on the website in January.
• Republicans, who had previously hacked out only a tenuous toehold in the South, last week went a long way toward making it a firm foothold.

News & Articles

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• Will New Gout Findings Get a Toehold?
  Title: Will New Gout Findings Get a Toehold? Category: Health News Created: 6/12/2013 10:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 6/12/2013 12:00:00 AM
  June 13, 2013 - MedicineNet.com
• APNewsBreak: Road group seeks tax tied to gas cost
  Illinois transit advocates want to tie a tax on gasoline to the price at the pump as part of an aggressive fundraising effort to get a toehold on what they say are rapidly deteriorating roads,…
  June 13, 2013 - Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
• Group wants to add 19 cents to gas prices for Illinois road work
  SPRINGFIELD — Illinois transit advocates want to tie a tax on gasoline to the price at the pump as part of an aggressive fundraising effort to get a toehold on what they say are rapidly deteriorating roads, rails and bridges.
  June 12, 2013 - Rockford Register Star

Quotes

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• Ron Washington in ESPN
  He got his toehold and didn't move again,Washington said. "We've got to figure out a way to get this guy out. If I get an opportunity not to pitch to him, I won't pitch to him. I tried to pitch around him, and it didn't work. I mean, this...
• John Howard in The Age
  They have got a toehold into every workplace in the country because under Labor's law all you need is one unionist in a workplace and the union can be part of the bargaining process,Mr Howard said.
• Michael Griffin in Melbourne Herald Sun
  The international space station being built in orbit and targeted for completion by 2010 would provide a "toehold in space" from where humanity can travel first to the moon and then to Mars, Mr Griffin said.