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Gain ground   /geɪn graʊnd/   Listen
Gain ground

verb
1.
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc..  Synonyms: advance, gain, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win.  "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"






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"Gain ground" Quotes from Famous Books



... Devil would engage to bring them in, they would even conform to the condition of admitting old Nicholas (not Vansittart) as their colleague and patron. The opinion of the breach between the King and his Ministers being past all mending, seems every day to gain ground, for I hear of it from different quarters. If the King goes to Hanover, it seems almost impossible that he should return in time to make any new arrangement before the meeting ...
— Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) - From the Original Family Documents • Duke of Buckingham and Chandos



Words linked to "Gain ground" :   rack up, fall back, pull ahead, score, tally, hit, steal



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