opening wedge

“It was always, then as now, designed to be an opening wedge in an effort to delegitimize whatever it was for everyone.”

It’s the opening wedge of a wireless challenge to cable broadband.

The public option—Medicaid for all—was supposed to be an opening wedge for single-payer health care.

They fear that it will help Iran gain money, power and influence — and that it could be the opening wedge of a broader realignment of American interests in the region.

“From my perspective, this is the opening wedge in a larger battle to bring transparency to government,” said Blakeslee, who served as Assembly minority leader from 2009-2010.