lose ground

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

lose ground (third-person singular simple present loses ground, present participle losing ground, simple past and past participle lost ground)

1. (idiomatic) To suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback.

   Antonym: gain ground

   He lost ground in his career due to his illness.

   They are losing ground to foreign competitors every year.

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎^[1]:

     The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: terrein verliezen
• Finnish: menettää jalansijaa
• French: perdre du terrain (fr), en perte de vitesse (fr)
• German: an Boden verlieren
• Greek: χάνω έδαφος (cháno édafos)
• Italian: perdere terreno
• Polish: tracić przewagę impf, stracić przewagę pf

See also

• give ground