lose ground
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback.
Example Sentences
- "He lost ground in his career due to his illness."
- "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."