toehold

n.

1. A small indentation or ledge on which the toe of a shoe can find support in climbing.
2. A slight or initial yet significant advantage useful for future progress: Family connections gave her a toehold in politics.
3. Sports. A wrestling hold in which one competitor wrenches the other's foot.

A batten or board which is nailed, temporarily, to a sloping roof to act as a footing for workmen.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a small foothold used in climbing

Meaning #2: a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fodfæste

Nederlands (Dutch)
steunpunt, opstapje

Français (French)
n. - prise, (fig) introduction dans (un marché)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Halt, Brückenkopf, schwache Position

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ελάχιστο) πάτημα, στήριγμα, έρεισμα, (μτφ.) ελαφρό πλεονέκτημα

Italiano (Italian)
spuntone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - apoio para a ponta do pé (m), apoio precário (m), meio de conseguir ingresso (m)

Русский (Russian)
точка опоры, опора для пальцев в альпинизме, "иметь руку" в каком-л. учреждении

Español (Spanish)
n. - punto de apoyo, trampolín

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fotfäste, språngbräda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
踏脚尖的地方, 微小的优势, 小立足点, 克服困难的方法

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 踏腳尖的地方, 微小的優勢, 小立足點, 克服困難的方法

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발판, 발 비틀기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 足指掛かり, 足掛かり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موطئ قدم بسيط, أصبع, موطئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מדרך-רגל, מאחז רגל, דריסת רגל, התחלה לא-מרשימה או יתרון קטן‬

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