foot in door
First small commitment
A foot in the door is an initial opportunity that could lead to greater access or success.
The image is of a salesperson preventing a door from closing by wedging a foot in it: Once you have a foot in the door, you can work your way up.
The phrase often appears as an adjective: a foot-in-the-door technique, foot-in-the-door selling.
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- openingGap or start
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- salesRevenue from goods moved
pitch · trial offer · leverage · entry · crack · persistence · camel · nose · camel's nose · tent · first impression · persuasion · beginning · tactic · knock · getting in · stepping · stone
- opportunitygolden opportunity, window of opportunity, opportunity knocks, once in a lifetime, golden chance
- sales tacticsupselling, cross-selling, hard sell, soft sell, high pressure
- manipulationgaslighting, guilt tripping, blame-shifting, brainwashing, guilt trip
- marketing scamsfalse ads, fake reviews, fake testimonials, fake endorsements, false promises
- power tacticspower play, power grab, strong-arm, strong-arming, strongarm
- openingsopening, aperture, gap, hole, slit
foot in doorshut out
Prevent all scoring
locked out · barred · excluded · turned away · rejected
foot in doorshown the door
Forced out, terminated
dead end · closed door · out the door · missed opportunity · pink slip
foot, door, footed, footing, footless, footage, afoot, barefoot, footwork