"make ground" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "makes ground",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made ground",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "make<,,made> ground"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Replacement Damien Traille burgled a high ball from Israel Dagg and made good ground, the All Blacks scrum coming under increasing pressure and the crowd falling silent as their World Cup dream threatened to become a nightmare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, The Telegraph, Ukraine's rebels prepare to defend Donetsk to the death",
          "text": "Today the territory carved out for the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk \"peoples' republics\" is shrinking fast as the Ukrainian army makes ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gain ground; make progress."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_ground-en-verb-00OyyvrU",
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          "gain ground"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) gain ground; make progress."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "make ground"
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    {
      "form": "makes ground",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made ground",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made ground",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "make<,,made> ground"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Replacement Damien Traille burgled a high ball from Israel Dagg and made good ground, the All Blacks scrum coming under increasing pressure and the crowd falling silent as their World Cup dream threatened to become a nightmare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, The Telegraph, Ukraine's rebels prepare to defend Donetsk to the death",
          "text": "Today the territory carved out for the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk \"peoples' republics\" is shrinking fast as the Ukrainian army makes ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "gain ground; make progress."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) gain ground; make progress."
      ],
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