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A position on an enemy shoreline captured by troops in advance of an invading force.
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A first achievement that opens the way for further developments; a foothold: "It is not yet clear whether the ecologists will establish a beachhead in the economists' carefully constructed intellectual empire” ( Peter Passell).
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