lose ground en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback.
They are losing ground to foreign competitors every year.
He lost ground in his career due to his illness.
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.
2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lost ground | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lost ground | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| losing ground | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| loses ground | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
hu tért veszít (Translations) · it perdere terreno (Translations) · fi menettää jalansijaa (Translations) · fr perdre du terrain (Translations) · nl terrein verliezen (Translations) · fr en perte de vitesse (Translations) · de an Boden verlieren (Translations) · pl tracić przewagę (Translations) · el χάνω έδαφος (Translations) · hu teret veszít (Translations) · ro pierde teren (Translations) · pl stracić przewagę (Translations)