get one's foot in the door

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toinitiatecontact or a relationship; to gainaccess, especially to anentry-leveljob.1935February 19, “When You Let the Gamblers In”, inMilwaukee Journal, retrieved10 June 2009, page 8:And the legislature had better study Texas, before it commits this state to parimutuel betting, thus letting the professional gamblerget his foot in the door.1994October, Binny Miller, “Disarming Hostile Majorities: A Queer Reading of Lani Guinier on Voting Rights”, inGay Community News, page10:Guinier recognizes the need for minorities toget their feet in the door, but argues that "insiders" must be authentic representatives in order for minorities to achive real political power.2007February 4, Sara Boyd, “A Formula for Greatness”, inWashington Post, retrieved10 June 2009, pageY14:But despite his academic credentials, Julian had to fight just toget his foot in the doorat most laboratories.2021December 29, Tom Allett, “How Wilston Jackson made railway history”, inRAIL, number947, page52: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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