footholds Definition

beachhead, bridgehead, footing, bases, foundations, grounds, toehold, grip, niches, inroad, handhold, alliances, traction, presence, hegemony, offshoots, upstarts, stronghold, dominance, clout, stranglehold, penetration, crevices, counterweight, preeminence, connections, crags, frontiers, fortresses, linkages, nexuses, enclaves, sanctuaries, havens, edge, ascendancy, ledges, lebensraum, lairs, fertile crescent, launching pad, bulwark, hilltops, eyries, peripheries, street cred, outcroppings, counterbalance, encirclement, forays, cirques, domination, territories, thickets, slither, escarpments, empires, ratlines, launchpad, hubs, dominancy, geologies, modus vivendi, heartland, colonizing, pacific rim, relationships, turfs, base, hinterlands, footmarks, springboard, infiltrate, spiracles, footprint, headway, fiefs, contacts, adventurers, ties, karakoram range, outposts, scrublands, gateway, redoubt, momentum, leverage, branching, balkan peninsula, tentacles, caves, interlopers, position, supremacy, fringes, affinities, westward, ravines, hotbeds, links,