lose ground Sentence Examples
- The incumbent candidate lost ground in the polls due to a series of negative campaign ads.
- The company's market share is continuing to lose ground to its competitors.
- The team's lead in the standings has begun to lose ground as their opponents gain momentum.
- The student lost ground in his class due to frequent absences and poor test scores.
- The economy is losing ground as recession looms, leading to job losses and business closures.
- The researcher's hypothesis is losing ground as new data emerges to contradict it.
- The team's morale has been losing ground ever since they went on a losing streak.
- The government's popularity is losing ground as public dissatisfaction with its policies grows.
- The artist's latest work is losing ground to his previous masterpieces in terms of critical acclaim.
- The hiker lost ground due to his slow pace and heavy backpack, falling behind the rest of the group.
lose ground Meaning
lose ground
to become deprived of especially accidentally or by death, to fail to keep control of or allegiance (see allegiance sense 2) of, to free oneself from, to become deprived of or lacking in, to fail to catch with the senses or the mind, to suffer deprivation through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person), ruin entry 2 sense 1, destroy, to fail to win, gain, or obtain, to become overwhelmed with strong emotion, damn, to fall in love, to fail to maintain a hold on reality, regurgitate, vomit, to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person), to fail to keep in sight or in mind, to run slow, to fail to keep, sustain, or maintain, to undergo deprivation of something of value, to miss or cause to miss one's way or bearings, to undergo defeat in, to fail to use, to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place, to cause the loss of, to be unable to find or have at hand, to part with in an unforeseen or accidental manner, to become mentally unsound, to draw away from, to suffer deprivation of, to make oneself completely absorbed by one specific thing, to leave behind by going faster or farther, to cause to miss one's way or bearings, to wander or go astray from, to make (oneself) withdrawn from immediate reality, to bring to destruction, to fail to use to advantage, to undergo defeat, to suffer loss or disadvantage, to fail to keep (a patient) from dying
Synonyms & Antonyms of lose ground
FAQs About the word lose ground
to become deprived of especially accidentally or by death, to fail to keep control of or allegiance (see allegiance sense 2) of, to free oneself from, to become
withdraw, give ground, fall back, retreat, drop back, evacuate, flee,pull out, recede, back away
advance, face, beard,breast, defy, confront, brave, dare,outbrave, brazen
The incumbent candidate lost ground in the polls due to a series of negative campaign ads.
The company's market share is continuing to lose ground to its competitors.
The team's lead in the standings has begun to lose ground as their opponents gain momentum.
The student lost ground in his class due to frequent absences and poor test scores.
