make ground

verb

gain ground; make progress.

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Meanings

verbmake ground (third-person singular simple present makes ground, present participle making ground, simple past and past participle made ground)

present singular third person makes ground · participle present making ground · participle past made ground · past made ground

  1. idiomaticgain ground; make progress.

    Today the territory carved out for the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk "peoples' republics" is shrinking fast as the Ukrainian army makes ground.

    2014, The Telegraph, Ukraine's rebels prepare to defend Donetsk to the death
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    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.

    2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
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APA

make ground. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20ground

MLA

“make ground.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20ground. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make ground,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20ground.

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