Meanings
present singular third person loses ground · participle present losing ground · participle past lost ground · past lost ground
- idiomaticTo suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback.
He lost ground in his career due to his illness.
2 more examples
They are losing ground to foreign competitors every year.
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 ScotsmanAntonyms: gain ground
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback.
Translations
Dutch terrein verliezen
- terrein verliezenTranslations
Finnish menettää jalansijaa
- menettää jalansijaaTranslations
French perdre du terrain, en perte de vitesse
- perdre du terrainTranslations
- en perte de vitesseTranslations
German an Boden verlieren
- an Boden verlierenTranslations
Greek χάνω έδαφος
- χάνω έδαφος (cháno édafos)Translations
Hungarian teret veszít, tért veszít
- teret veszítTranslations
- tért veszítTranslations
Italian perdere terreno
- perdere terrenoTranslations
Polish tracić przewagę, stracić przewagę
- tracić przewagęTranslations
- stracić przewagęTranslations
Romanian pierde teren
- pierde terenTranslations
Cite this entry
lose ground. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20ground
“lose ground.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20ground. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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