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gain ground

gain ground verb: to make progress or obtain advantage; to gain traction.

Verb

gain ground (third-person singular simple present gains ground, present participle gaining ground, simple past and past participle gained ground)

  1. To make progress or obtain advantage; to gain traction.
    • No matter how hard I try, I don't seem to be gaining ground.
    • Team Red has gained ground on Team Blue since October.

gain ground meaning in Kannada

gain ground in Kannada

to make progress or obtain advantage
ಬಲಗೊಳ್ಳು balagoḷḷu, ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಬೆಳೆಸು prabhāva beḷesu, ಪ್ರಾಬಲ್ಯ ಹೊಂದು prābalya hondu

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Forms of gain ground

third-person singular presentgains ground
present participlegaining ground
past participlegained ground
pastgained ground

Origin of gain ground

Metaphor, suggesting e.g. military acquisition of territory.

Questions about gain ground

What does gain ground mean?
Gain ground means to make progress or obtain advantage; to gain traction.
What is gain ground in Kannada?
Gain ground in Kannada is ಬಲಗೊಳ್ಳು (balagoḷḷu), ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಬೆಳೆಸು (prabhāva beḷesu), ಪ್ರಾಬಲ್ಯ ಹೊಂದು (prābalya hondu). See Gain ground meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is gain ground?
Gain ground is a verb.
What is the past tense of gain ground?
The past tense of gain ground is gained ground.

Words near gain ground in the dictionary

  1. gaily
  2. Gaiman
  3. Gaimanesque
  4. Gaimster
  5. gain
  6. gain ground
  7. gain line
  8. gain lines
  9. gain momentum
  10. gain of function
  11. gain on

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