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have a foot in the door

have a foot in the door is the alternative form of have one's foot in the door.

Meaning of have one's foot in the door

Verb

have one's foot in the door (third-person singular simple present has one's foot in the door, present participle having one's foot in the door, simple past and past participle had one's foot in the door)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To have an advantage or upper hand in something.

Forms of have a foot in the door

third-person singular presenthas a foot in the door
present participlehaving a foot in the door
past participlehad a foot in the door
pasthad a foot in the door

Questions about have a foot in the door

What is have a foot in the door the alternative form of?
Have a foot in the door is the alternative form of have one's foot in the door.

Words near have a foot in the door in the dictionary

  1. have a few too many
  2. have a fine finger
  3. have a finger in
  4. have a fit
  5. have a foot in both camps
  6. have a foot in the door
  7. have a gas
  8. have a go
  9. have a good mind to
  10. have a good one
  11. have a good time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: have a foot in the door (page history and authors); have one's foot in the door (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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