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Antonyms for gain ground

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ground
Phonetic Transcription : graÊŠnd

Definition of gain ground

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French gain, from Old French gaaigne "gain, profit, advantage; booty; arable land" (12c.), from gaaignier "to gain" (see gain (v.)). The original French sense enfolded the notions of "profit from agriculture" and "booty, prey." Implied earlier in Middle English gaignage (late 14c.) "profit from agriculture."
  • verb make progress
Example sentences :
  • With a grimace to himself, he slackened his pace and let her gain ground.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • If only Stanford could gain ground now, or if time could be called.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
  • On our eastern flank, on the other hand, it was important to gain ground.
  • Extract from : « World's War Events, Vol. II » by Various
  • In the meantime the "Sketch Book" had continued to gain ground in England.
  • Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Henry W. Boynton
  • She had need; for the Duchess of Somerset is thought to gain ground daily.
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • Lady Dover did not reply at once, but the doubt did not gain ground.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
  • Since that time, the Opposition has continued to gain ground.
  • Extract from : « Society, Manners and Politics in the United States » by Michael Chevalier
  • "Good-bye, Mr. Flack," said Francie, trying to gain ground from him.
  • Extract from : « The Reverberator » by Henry James
  • It must be toward the Pacific that the new Confederacy will gain ground.
  • Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage
  • At this rate it did not take him long to gain ground on the miller's daughter.
  • Extract from : « Four Winds Farm » by Mrs. Molesworth

Synonyms for gain ground

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