foot in the door

• opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
• openingGap or start
• wedgeTapered splitting tool
• leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
• startTo set going

beginning · threshold · entry · sales · pitch · persuasion · camel · nose · tent · tactic · commitment · negotiate · knock · doorstep · persistence · hustle · inch · crack

• body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
• negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
• opportunitygolden opportunity, window of opportunity, opportunity knocks, once in a lifetime, golden chance
• measurement idiomsinch by inch, give an inch, whole nine yards, by a mile, go the extra mile