Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have a foot in the door

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
have a -foot in the -door
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of have one's foot in the door

Inflected Forms

has a foot in the door (present, singular) having a foot in the door (participle, present) had a foot in the door (participle, past) had a foot in the door (past)

Questions

What does have a foot in the door mean?
Alternative form of have one's foot in the door

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