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giving ground

giving ground is the present participle and gerund 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 giving ground

What is giving ground the present participle and gerund of?
Giving ground is the present participle and gerund of give ground.

Words near giving ground in the dictionary

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

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