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lose ground
Idioms and Phrases
Fail to hold one's position; fall behind, deteriorate. For example, The Democrats were losing ground in this district , or We thought Grandma was getting better, but now she's quickly losing ground . This expression originally referred to territory lost by a retreating army. [Second half of 1700s]Example Sentences
Bompastor's side remain on course to win a quadruple and will not want to lose ground in any competition.
"As the junta loses control, their brutality increases. It's getting worse. The loss of life… the brutality, the torture as they lose ground, literally and figuratively," says UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews.
The result means Norris, who also scored the point for fastest lap, reduced Verstappen’s championship lead by three points on a day he would have started expecting to lose ground.
But the accounts given by survivors are an ominous warning of what could happen elsewhere in Myanmar as the military continues to lose ground to an increasingly confident and capable armed opposition movement.
McIlroy entered the day three shots behind Schauffele, but managed to lose ground despite not making a bogey.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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