noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
establish
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It was proof that men had established another foothold on the Moon.
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If so, the new marrow may not get a chance to establish a firm foothold in his body.
gain
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Spreadsheets have typically adopted these commands in order to gain some foothold in the market.
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These opportunistic diseases would not otherwise gain a foothold in the body.
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Already her knitwear had gained a small foothold on the Continent.
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Keeping hydrated improves the body's ability to trap and neutralize those microbes before they can gain a foothold .
get
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This month, try to get a foothold on freedom.
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Everybody is trying to get a foothold in the family moviemaking business.
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Creeping thistle, haunt of the charming meadow brown butterfly, can become a real pest if it gets a foothold .
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A layer of polymers could prevent the damaging micro-organisms from getting a foothold .
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The outside world has suddenly got a foothold here.
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Both love algae and probably browse it away before it can get a foothold .
give
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It gave me the foothold I needed to pull myself up and look in at the window.
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The Vermeer acquisition gives Microsoft an important foothold in the web-design software market.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Everybody is trying to get a foothold in the family moviemaking business.
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In other words, there should be no footholds for an agile intruder.
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It gave me the foothold I needed to pull myself up and look in at the window.
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Spreadsheets have typically adopted these commands in order to gain some foothold in the market.
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This month, try to get a foothold on freedom.
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To lose your foothold was to be trodden down.
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Western novels about women had a more difficult time finding a foothold .