GAIN GROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gain ground mean? 

• GAIN GROUND (verb)
  The verb GAIN GROUND has 1 sense:

1. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

  Familiarity information: GAIN GROUND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAIN GROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

advance; gain; gain ground; get ahead; make headway; pull ahead; win

Context example:

win points

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gain ground"):

steal (steal a base)

hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

It was very tiring and slow work, yet I did visibly gain ground; and as we drew near the Cape of the Woods, though I saw I must infallibly miss that point, I had still made some hundred yards of easting.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)