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gives ground

gives ground is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give ground.

Meaning of give ground

Verb

give ground (third-person singular simple present gives ground, present participle giving ground, simple past gave ground, past participle given ground)

  1. To retreat.
    • Those male moose at the southeast arm didn't frighten very much when we docked to fly-fish one day. One was so scared of us he just walked toward us and snorted. We gave ground.1959, Harold G. (Hack) Miller, “Rod and gun”, in Hearings […] , Washington: United States Government Printing Office, page 101
  2. (figuratively) To yield an advantage.

Questions about gives ground

What is gives ground the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives ground is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give ground.

Words near gives ground in the dictionary

  1. gives ear
  2. gives face
  3. gives forth
  4. gives gray hair to
  5. gives grey hair to
  6. gives ground
  7. gives hat
  8. gives head
  9. gives heed
  10. gives in
  11. gives it large

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