get one's foot in the door

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job. idiomatic
    — 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.

词形变化

gets one's foot in the door present,singular,third-person getting one's foot in the door participle,present got one's foot in the door past got one's foot in the door UK,participle,past gotten one's foot in the door US,participle,past

词源

Probably from a practice attributed to door-to-door salesmen of placing a foot in the opening of a prospective customer's door, thereby preventing the person from closing the door until the conclusion of the sales pitch.
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