No definitions found for 'gain a footing'
Perhaps one of these:
gum butea,
gomphothere,
gunboat diplomacy,
gambadoes,
gum pot,
gumption,
giambattista lulli,
gammopathy,
gianbattista bodoni,
gomphotherium,
go one better,
gum boot,
gunpowder,
gomphotheriidae,
gambit,
gunpowder chicken,
giambattista marino,
gymnopaedes,
ganapati,
gnbd,
giambattista marini,
gunpowder pile driver,
gumptious,
gambet,
gunboat,
gunpowder tea,
goniopteris,
gamopetalous,
genip tree,
guano bat,
gymnopaedic,
gymnophthalmata,
gunpowder plot,
genubath