foothold

/ˈfʊthəʊld/ noun [C]

Translation

CLIMBING › a place where it is safe to put your foot when you are climbing

(dağcılıkta) ayak basılacak yer

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PROGRESS › a safe position from which you can make more progress, for example in business

sağlam yer, emin durum/konum

We are still trying to gain a foothold in the Japanese market.1763

(Definition of foothold noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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