Idiom
lose ground
Meaning
To suffer loss or disadvantage; to experience a setback.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Our team is starting to lose ground in the race.”
“The company began to lose ground to its competitors after failing to update its technology.”
“As the economic crisis deepened, the small business began to lose ground, eventually struggling to maintain its market share against larger, more stable corporations.”
Examples
simple
“Our team is starting to lose ground in the race.”
contextual
“The company began to lose ground to its competitors after failing to update its technology.”
complex
“As the economic crisis deepened, the small business began to lose ground, eventually struggling to maintain its market share against larger, more stable corporations.”
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