give ground

Meaning

1. give / lose ground (to sb / sth)

   to allow sb / sth to have an advantage; to lose an advantage for yourself

   They are not prepared to give ground on tax cuts.

In the movies · 2

• Come, give ground if you see him furious.Twelfth Night2012
• Braddock's giving ground now.Cinderella Man2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing

From the same entry

• cut the ground from under feet
• gain up ground
• get off the ground
• go to ground
• hold your ground
• on the ground
• run yourself into the ground
• run into the ground
• thick on the ground
• keep your ear to the ground
• be on firm ground
• have your feet on the ground