Gain Ground

Definition: Gain Ground

Gain Ground

Verb

1. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Gain Ground

Sequence

Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Velocity

Hurry; (hasten); accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.

Crosswords: Gain Ground

High Tech

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "gain ground": gain ground with ♦ To gain ground. Additional references.

Albanian

sulmoj (assail, assault, attack, attempt, charge, dog, fall on, fall to, fly at, gun for, harass, hit, hold up, jump, lace into, lash, light into, mug, oppugn, raid, waylay), shkoj përpara (follow one's nose, gain, move). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حظي بالموافقة, ‏تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ‏أحرز تقدما. (various references)

Bulgarian 

печеля почва. (various references)

Chinese 

抬� � (to gain ground, to raise one's head). (various references)

Finnish

voittaa alaa. (various references)

French

gagner du terrain (gain a foothold), progresser. (various references)

German

greifen um sich (spread). (various references)

Greek 

κερδίζω έδαφοσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

לזכות ב�"סכמ�", ל�"תק�"ם (advance, come along, cover ground, get along, get on, go ahead, move along, onward, proceed, progress, set on, work up to). (various references)

Hungarian

teret nyer, tért hódít (to gain ground, to gain on, to gain upon), elterjed (get round, spread, spread about, to come into general use, to disperse, to resound, to spread, to unfold, unfold). (various references)

Pig Latin

aingay oundgray.(various references)

Romanian

câştiga teren. (various references)

Russian 

распространяться (circulate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expatiate, get about, get abroad, outspread, pervade, propagate, spread), преуспевать (do first-rate, do well, get along, get on, go to town, make a go of it, make good, make headway, pan out, prosper), делать успехи (advance, make headway). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

steći prednost. (various references)

Spanish

ganar terreno (gain). (various references)

Swedish

göra framsteg (make progress), vinna terräng, breda ut sig (dilate, expatiate, extend, open, sound off, spread out). (various references)

Ukrainian

захопити місцевість, досягати (accomplish, achieve, acquire, amount, attain, compass, measure up, obtain, reach). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: grounding.

-2 letters: adorning, groaning, guarding, rigaudon, rounding, undaring.

-3 letters: adoring, aground, andiron, arguing, danging, darning, droning, dunging, durning, goading, grading, grunion, nondrug, nudging, ranging, roguing, rouging, unaging, undoing.

-4 letters: adnoun, around, auding, daring, diuron, dragon, dugong, durian, during, durion, ganoid, giaour, goring, gradin, gringo, ground, guanin, guidon, gundog, inroad, noggin, oaring, onagri, ordain, origan.

+3 letters: backgrounding, gourmandizing.

+4 letters: groundbreaking.