Synonyms for beachhead
ˈbitʃˌhɛdbeach·head

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1. beachheadnoun

   a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation

   "the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead"

   Synonyms:
   foothold

2. beachhead, footholdnoun

   an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments

   "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market"

   Synonyms:
   footing, bridgehead, foothold

Matched Categories

1. • Accomplishment
   • Bridgehead

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1. List of paraphrases for "beachhead":

   bridgehead

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How to use beachhead in a sentence?

1. Andy Tian:

   Google needs to be in China, period, once in China, they can expand into other services. They need a beachhead, and the beachhead is Google Play.

2. Dan Ives:

   I'd say 30 % of investors we talked to over the last six months thought Berlin was never going to open because of the red tape and bureaucracy, many investors were fearing [ Tesla ] would never have a beachhead in Europe and it would just be an empty factory.

3. Vincent Xiang:

   We have established a beachhead.