单词 | to get ground |
释义 | > as lemmasto get ground b. to get ground: to make progress, advance. †Also to get ground of (also upon): to encroach upon, obtain the mastery of; to draw away from (pursuers) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) fremec1000 furtherc1200 profit1340 to go onc1449 grow1487 to commence to, intoa1500 framea1529 to get ground?1529 movec1540 work1566 promove1570 advance1577 devolve1579 to come on1584 progress1612 to gain ground1625 germinate1640 proceed1670 to gather ground1697 march1702 to make its way1711 to come forward1722 develop1744 to turn a wheel1864 shape1865 come1899 ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A3 The Turke..shulde neuer be abill to get so moche grounde of cristendome. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 101 Þen the troiens..Getyn þere ground with a gret strenght And frusshet þere fos fer vppo abacke. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iii. 53 If they get ground and vantage of the King, Then ioyne you with them. View more context for this quotation ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 399 This, the horse fear'd, and more powre Put to their knees, straite getting ground. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. 127 Being better mounted then they, he quickly got a great deal of ground of them. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ix. 92 A Feaver..that press'd hard upon a Sick Man, and every Minute got Ground of him. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Tacitus in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. p. cxii The rest of their institutions..got ground by their pravity. 1846 Juvenile Missionary Herald Aug. 191 The Christian race is not to be run by so many fits, but by a constant course and progress; still getting ground upon our lusts; still approaching nearer to the kingdom of heaven. 1882 W. Harris Homiletical Comm. Prov. xv. 426/1 The way of a slothful man is perplexed and letsome, so that he gets no ground, makes no riddance. 1952 Eng. Hist. Rev. 67 554 The Bedford party got ground and began to give him umbrage. 1999 Odds On Feb. 16/1 This brilliant horse richly deserves to win a Gold Cup and finally looks to have a real chance of getting his ground on the big day. < as lemmas |
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