单词 | to make up ground |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (up) ground b. esp. in to break (new) ground, to make progress in a new direction (see break v. Phrases 3c); to gain (also gather, get) ground: to advance, make progress; literal and figurative (see gain v.2 8, gather v. 9, get v. Phrases 2b); to give ground: to recede, retire (see give v. Phrases 1b); to lose ground: to fall back, decline (see lose v.1 3d); to make (up) ground, to make progress. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > be driven back to lose groundc1436 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > be forced back to lose groundc1436 to leave place1487 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > in something new to break (new) ground1895 c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 188 Wylde Yrishe so muche of grounde have gotyne There upon us. c1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 189 In that land..we lesse every yere More grounde and more. ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A3 The Turke..shulde neuer be abill to get so moche grounde of cristendome. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 254 To outrunne the ringleader, and thereby to gett ground. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. Ev They come, no man giue ground..Be Englishmen and berd them to their faces. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 6 To deale plainly with you, you have lost some ground at Court by it. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 111 Though we beat and tack'd to and agen till the evening, we gained no ground. a1776 R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 53 He sweated profusely and the delirium began to give ground. 1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 39 A more independent spirit..is daily gaining ground among that class of men. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxiii. 170 They were steadily losing ground in the war. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 557/2 To break ground, to be the first to commence a project, etc.; to take the first step in an undertaking. 1906 H. C. Wyld Hist. Study Mother Tongue v. 94 Those tendencies..which are peculiar to the individual, and which are not shared by the community, will not gain ground, but will be eliminated. 1921 Granta 30 Nov. The local side again and again made ground galore with long kicks down wind. 1928 Nation & Athenæum 7 Jan. 537/2 Montesquieu..had been the first to break the new ground. 1931 F. L. Allen Only Yesterday ix. 229 Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather,..the Imagists and exponents of free verse had been breaking new ground since before the war. 1932 Sunday Express 3 July 22/7 Udaipur is gradually making up ground on the colts in Butters' stable. 1954 G. D. H. Cole Hist. Socialist Thought II. xiii. 362 Communities breaking new ground were in constant danger of becoming the prey of fraudulent financiers and bankers. 1954 A. S. C. Ross in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 55 45 Posh ‘smart’ is essentially non-U, but recently, it has gained ground among schoolboys of all classes. 1966 Listener 10 Mar. 345/2 I've had to break new ground in all directions in order to say them. to make up (lost) ground a. transitive. To make good, to compensate for (something that is wanting); to supply (a deficiency). Frequently also to make up (lost) ground. See also sense 3e.to make up leeway: see leeway n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > make up time or distance to make, fetch up, make up leeway1669 to save one's distance (also time)1790 to make up (lost) ground1890 1472 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 365 Master Godfrey hathe promysyd hym..xl s. be ȝere, and þan lakkythe but iiij nobyls of xx mark be ȝere, þe wyche they hope ȝe wylle make vpe. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Suppleo To make vp that whiche lacketh. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania i. 43 This he perform'd with such accurate Skill, that it made up whatsoever he wanted of Force. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 122 The Clergy..had neither learning nor vertue but made up all Defects by a slavish Obsequiousness. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶2 What they have lost in Height they make up in Breadth. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 34 What the conversation wanted in wit, we made up in laughter. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxvii. 25 [The Almighty] never forgets us; it's all made up to us one time or the other. 1837 Ord. & Reg. Harvard Univ. 10 Recitations omitted may be made up with the assent of the Instructer, at any time within the term, in which they occur. 1862 Temple Bar 6 397 Should the confessor order him to make up the injury done to the treasury? 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xlii He had large arrears of sleep to make up. 1890 Sat. Rev. 31 May 668/2 After getting a very indifferent start, she made up ground at the Bushes. 1890 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 10 May 279/2 The huntsman..is now rapidly making up lost ground. 1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns 26 Hansoms have the advantage of semi-privacy, and what their drivers lack in chic they make up in saltiness. 1990 Sports Illustr. 23 July 26/3 The preternaturally patient King, who trailed by 11 strokes earlier in the day, made up ground by avoiding mistakes. < as lemmas |
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