"give ground" meaning in All languages combined

See give ground on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: gives ground [present, singular, third-person], giving ground [participle, present], gave ground [past], given ground [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> ground}} give ground (third-person singular simple present gives ground, present participle giving ground, simple past gave ground, past participle given ground)
  1. To retreat.
    Sense id: en-give_ground-en-verb-J1w728ft
  2. (figurative) To yield an advantage. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-give_ground-en-verb-Ih9l4Tii Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cede the field, turn tail Related terms: lose ground

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for give ground meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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