Antonyms for give ground
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ground |
Phonetic Transcription : graÊŠnd |
- advance
- allow
- approve
- arrive
- begin
- combine
- come
- come in
- conceal
- continue
- contradict
- defend
- deny
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disobey
- dispute
- dissent
- dissuade
- engage
- enter
- face
- fight
- flatten
- forge
- forward
- go forward
- hide
- increase
- join
- keep
- leave
- meet
- permit
- persevere
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- resist
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- take on
- unite
- uphold
- veto
- win
Definition of give ground
Origin :- Old English grund "bottom, foundation, ground, surface of the earth," especially "bottom of the sea" (a sense preserved in run aground), from Proto-Germanic *grundus, which seems to have meant "deep place" (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish grund, Dutch grond, Old High German grunt, German Grund "ground, soil, bottom;" Old Norse grunn "a shallow place," grund "field, plain," grunnr "bottom"). No known cognates outside Germanic. Sense of "reason, motive" first attested c.1200; electrical sense is from 1870.
- As in back down : verb back off
- As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
- As in retreat : verb pull back, go away
- As in submit : verb comply, endure
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in superannuate : verb retire
- But the weight was so tremendous that they began to give ground.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Gradually the Royal Fusiliers were compelled to give ground.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- Mark's superior strength began to force Jarvis to give ground.
- Extract from : « Operation Lorelie » by William P. Salton
- Not only did they give ground but they came back—some of them—half-way to the sea.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- I cared not a jot for Carford's anger, and was determined not to give ground.
- Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope
- They were forced to give ground, however, as the odds were heavy.
- Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter
- Discoveries in time past give ground for expectation of discoveries in time to come.
- Extract from : « The Pirate City » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Under these circumstances the Moslems made fresh efforts, and after a while a part of the Persian army was forced to give ground.
- Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire » by George Rawlinson
- So furiously did they attack him that, foot by foot, he was forced to give ground.
- Extract from : « A Knight of the White Cross » by G.A. Henty
- It not only ceased its victorious advance, but it began to give ground.
- Extract from : « The Sword of Antietam » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Synonyms for give ground
- abandon
- abide
- abjure
- absent oneself
- accede
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- admit
- agree
- appease
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- bail out
- balk
- be submissive
- beat it
- beg off
- bend
- blow
- book
- bow
- bow out
- buckle
- cancel
- capitulate
- cave
- cave in
- cede
- check out
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- decamp
- defer
- demur
- deny oneself
- depart
- detach
- disengage
- draw away
- draw back
- drop out
- ease out
- eat crow
- ebb
- eliminate
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- exfiltrate
- exit
- extract
- fall back
- fold
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- give away
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go along with
- go away
- go back
- go back on
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- go with the flow
- grin and bear it
- hand over
- have no fight left
- hide
- hit the sack
- hold back
- humor
- indulge
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- kowtow
- lay down
- lay down arms
- leave
- leave service
- make oneself scarce
- make vacant
- move back
- obey
- opt out
- part
- pension
- phase out
- pull back
- pull out
- put out to pasture
- put up with
- quail
- quit
- recant
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relent
- relinquish
- remove
- renege
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- resign oneself
- retire
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- run
- run along
- rusticate
- say uncle
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- sequester
- sever connections
- shrink
- start back
- stoop
- stop working
- submit
- succumb
- surrender
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take back
- take leave
- take off
- take out
- throw in the towel
- toe the line
- tolerate
- truckle
- turn in
- turn tail
- vacate
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- withstand
- yield
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