“He struggled to secure any sort of foothold on the slippery ground.”

“He had a solid foothold on the rockface beneath him.”

“The information you learn in this training serves as the foothold for your career in information technology.”

“Going down had been easy, but with no handholds or footholds, coming up was proving to be much harder than I'd expected.”

“It was clear both were suffering from a few bad bounces and some rather uneven footholds.”

“Her feet slid wildly across the slick mud covering the wall as she tried to find footholds.”