GIVE / LOSE GROUND (TO SB/STH)


Meaning of GIVE / LOSE GROUND (TO SB/STH) in English

to allow sb to have an advantage; to lose an advantage for yourself :

They are not prepared to give ground on tax cuts.

The Conservatives lost a lot of ground to the Liberal Democrats at the election.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.