get your foot in the door meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to get your foot in the door" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Getting your foot in the door can be a fantastic way to begin something new.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

This idiom is most usually used to refer to the process of obtaining employment.
Alternate forms:

Get a foot in the door
Have your foot in the door
Have a foot in the door
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

Sam is a fantastic marathon runner.  He has been running marathons for years.  Sam is telling a friend that a person does not begin the process by running marathons but that

a person gets their foot in the door simply by jogging around the block.

A person then continues to run farther and farther each time until they can run a full marathon.

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

I very much want to get a job at a fantastic company where my friend works.  If I give my resume to my friend and he gives it to the personnel manager,

do you think this will help me get my foot in the door?

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to get your foot in the door"

to obtain some kind of advantage at the beginning of a bigger or longer process
 

Synonyms:
acceptance, access, admit, admission, admittance, begin, beginning, connect, connection, contact, door, enter, entrance, entry, ingress, introduction, opening, pass, passage, start, starting, wedge, welcome
 
 
This man, literally, has his foot in the door. - - - - ->