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get one's foot in the door
Fig. to complete the first step in a process. (Alludes to people selling things from door-to-door and blocking the door with a foot so it cannot be closed on them.)
--I think I could get the job if I could only get my foot in the door.
--It pays to get your foot in the door. Try to get an appointment with the boss.
All the early examples are from the USA, such as in this report of an application for civic funding in The Oakland Tribune, August 1914:
--"All I'm asking is that you authorize the park department to go ahead."
--"Yes, but you are trying to commit us to an expenditure of $48,400 or more," said Baccus.`
--"No. I'm merely asking that the first step be taken," answered Mayor Mott.
--"You've got a mighty clever way of getting your foot in the door, and then we can't get it closed until the whole proposition is carried", said Turner.
Fig. to complete the first step in a process. (Alludes to people selling things from door-to-door and blocking the door with a foot so it cannot be closed on them.)
--I think I could get the job if I could only get my foot in the door.
--It pays to get your foot in the door. Try to get an appointment with the boss.
All the early examples are from the USA, such as in this report of an application for civic funding in The Oakland Tribune, August 1914:
--"All I'm asking is that you authorize the park department to go ahead."
--"Yes, but you are trying to commit us to an expenditure of $48,400 or more," said Baccus.`
--"No. I'm merely asking that the first step be taken," answered Mayor Mott.
--"You've got a mighty clever way of getting your foot in the door, and then we can't get it closed until the whole proposition is carried", said Turner.