on firm ground/footing
idiom
: well supported
He believes that his argument is on firm ground/footing.
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Stocks were bolstered following a business-services report that signaled the U.S. economy remained on firm footing.
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Steve Kopack, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
But recent data, including the surprisingly strong second-quarter growth figures, indicate that the economy is on firm footing.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 July 2024
No, Waggoner answered, back on firm footing and playing along.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Our newsroom is on firm footing these days, thanks to your support.
—cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
Regardless of what the DeSantis team is saying, legal experts CNN spoke to on Wednesday signaled that Disney is on firm footing.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
His loyal base has rallied behind Mr. Marcos and Ms. Duterte-Carpio, putting them on firm footing to succeed him.
—Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 6 May 2022
Indeed, Wednesday’s curtain-raiser presents the Spurs with an opportunity to get an uncertain season started on firm footing.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2021
By then, perhaps, physicists will have solved the mysteries of dark matter; maybe supersymmetry will be on firm footing.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2015
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Steve Kopack, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
But recent data, including the surprisingly strong second-quarter growth figures, indicate that the economy is on firm footing.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 July 2024
No, Waggoner answered, back on firm footing and playing along.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Our newsroom is on firm footing these days, thanks to your support.
—cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022
Regardless of what the DeSantis team is saying, legal experts CNN spoke to on Wednesday signaled that Disney is on firm footing.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
His loyal base has rallied behind Mr. Marcos and Ms. Duterte-Carpio, putting them on firm footing to succeed him.
—Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 6 May 2022
Indeed, Wednesday’s curtain-raiser presents the Spurs with an opportunity to get an uncertain season started on firm footing.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2021
By then, perhaps, physicists will have solved the mysteries of dark matter; maybe supersymmetry will be on firm footing.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2015
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“On firm ground/footing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20firm%20ground%2Ffooting. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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