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making ground

making ground is the present participle and gerund of make ground.

Meaning of make ground

Verb

make ground (third-person singular simple present makes ground, present participle making ground, simple past and past participle made ground)

  1. (idiomatic) gain ground; make progress.
    • Replacement Damien Traille burgled a high ball from Israel Dagg and made good ground, the All Blacks scrum coming under increasing pressure and the crowd falling silent as their World Cup dream threatened to become a nightmare.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport

Questions about making ground

What is making ground the present participle and gerund of?
Making ground is the present participle and gerund of make ground.

Words near making ground in the dictionary

  1. making garden
  2. making good
  3. making good on
  4. making good one's running
  5. making good time
  6. making ground
  7. making happen
  8. making hard work of
  9. making haste
  10. making haste slowly
  11. making hay

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