make ground

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)gain ground; make progress.2011October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:Replacement Damien Traille burgled a high ball from Israel Dagg andmade 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.2014, The Telegraph,Ukraine's rebels prepare to defend Donetsk to the death‎[2]:Today the territory carved out for the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk "peoples' republics" is shrinking fast as the Ukrainian armymakes ground.

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