Usually means: Advance or progress in position.
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  1. gain ground: Merriam-Webster
  2. gain ground: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gain ground: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gain ground: Vocabulary.com
  5. gain ground: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gain ground: Wiktionary
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  8. Gain Ground, Gain-ground (game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. gain ground: Rhymezone
  10. gain ground: FreeDictionary.org
  11. gain ground: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  13. gain ground: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gain ground)

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

Similar:
gain, get ahead, win, make headway, advance, make ground, cover ground, make strides, gain on, move forward, more...

Opposite:
lose ground, retreat, fall back, regress

Phrases:
to gain ground, gain ground on, more...

Adjectives:
gain, bain, even, going, onz, be, onward, lead, cont, apply, last

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Similar:
gain, get ahead, win, make headway, advance, make ground, cover ground, make strides, gain on, move forward, more...

Opposite:
lose ground, retreat, fall back, regress

Phrases:
to gain ground, gain ground on, more...

Adjectives:
gain, bain, even, going, onz, be, onward, lead, cont, apply, last



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