to get an opportunity to start working in an organization or business, especially when this will give you more opportunities in the future
She got her foot in the door working as a researcher on a TV show.
Thesaurus: to have, or to take advantage of, an opportunitysynonym
Main entry: door
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Main Entry: ↑door
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get your foot in the door
: to make the first step toward a goal by gaining entry into an organization, a career, etc.
He took a job as a secretary to get his foot in the door.
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Main Entry: ↑foot
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get/have a/your ˌfoot in the ˈdoor idiom
to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success
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I always wanted to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.