Meaning of get one's foot in the door | Babel Free

Definitions

To initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“And the legislature had better study Texas, before it commits this state to parimutuel betting, thus letting the professional gambler get his foot in the door.”

“Guinier recognizes the need for minorities to get their feet in the door, but argues that "insiders" must be authentic representatives in order for minorities to achive real political power.”

“But despite his academic credentials, Julian had to fight just to get his foot in the door at most laboratories.”

“He was able to gain employment as a cleaner relatively quickly. It was a 'foot in the door', but it wouldn't appease his ambition for long and he later qualified as a 'passed cleaner' (a fireman in all but name), based at King's Cross and St Pancras.”

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