Synonyms for lose ground

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ground

Phonetic Transcription : graʊnd

Définition of lose 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.

verb suffer loss or disadvantage

Example sentences :

Whether they would do so or lose ground must quickly appear.
Extract from : « The Young Ranchers » by Edward S. Ellis

You have no chance to hit him, and will cause Billy to lose ground.
Extract from : « The Young Ranchers » by Edward S. Ellis

It did not seem to gain on them, but neither did it lose ground.
Extract from : « The Blue Dragon » by Kirk Munroe

I am in strange ups and downs, and seven times a day I lose ground.
Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford

He is likely, therefore, to lose ground with the first, while not gaining it with the second.
Extract from : « Unconscious Memory » by Samuel Butler

To swerve was to lose ground, but he dared not take the risk.
Extract from : « Dusty Star » by Olaf Baker

I think we lose ground sometimes by parleying with the tempter.
Extract from : « Kept for the Master's Use » by Frances Ridley Havergal

Hollister soon perceived that if he were not to lose ground he must have labor.
Extract from : « The Hidden Places » by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Their steeds were good and fresh, but their pursuers were evidently well mounted, for they did not seem to lose ground.
Extract from : « The Settler and the Savage » by R.M. Ballantyne

If their galley began to lose ground the petty officers would rain curses on their heads and blows on their backs.
Extract from : « Count Frontenac » by William Dawson LeSueur

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