lose ground | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To sufferlossordisadvantage; to experience asetback.Antonym:gain groundHelost groundin his career due to his illness.They arelosing groundto foreign competitors every year.2014November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, inThe Scotsman‎[1]: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 tolose any more groundat this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.

Examples:

EN: We lose ground.
ES: Perdemos terreno.
ES: Perdemos terreno.
EN: - No. Let me see her defend herself... and slowly lose ground.
ES: No, me gusta ver cómo se defiende y poco a poco pierde el control.
EN: Quirino, you're off to a good start! You mustn't lose ground now.
ES: No hay que perder el terreno ganado.
EN: Let's vote for slate number one. The 78's, 79's and 80's strike movement demonstrated that S. Bernardo's the workers know well how to struggle and lets not lose ground. The struggle must go on...
ES: El movimiento de 1 978, 1 979 y 1 980 demostró la lucha de los trabajadores de São Bernardo do Campo y Diadema.
EN: I could lose ground with Jillian.
ES: Podría perder terreno con Jillian.
EN: As political and social utopian theories lose ground the biological ideal acquires a new lease of life.
ES: Mientras las utopías socio-políticas van perdiendo terreno el ideal biológico adquiere renovadas ganas de vivir.
EN: No, then I'll lose ground.
ES: - No, perdería terreno.
EN: As the race pushes the teams to their physical limits, Rob and Brennan lose ground. Ahh!
ES: Mientras que la carrera empuja a los equipos al limite de sus fuerzas, ...Robert y Brennan pierden su ventaja.
EN: Now we face a much more dangerous enemy, and every day, while we lose ground to the Ori, the Tau'ri homeworld remains curiously untouched.
ES: Ahora nos enfrentamos a un enemigo mucho más peligroso y cada día, mientras nosotros perdemos terreno ante los Ori el mundo de los Tau'ri curiosamente permanece intacto.
EN: Fire-fighters continue to lose ground in Majestic despite the efforts of several local agencies.
ES: Los bomberos continúan perdiendo terreno pese a los esfuerzos de varios organismos locales.
EN: Without it, we lose ground.
ES: Sin ellas, perdemos terreno.
EN: Whenever light reflects off anything visible, we lose ground.
ES: Cuando la luz refleja algo visible, perdemos terreno.
EN: You lose ground to black and yellow.
ES: Los negros y los chinos invadirán tu territorio.
EN: If that wind shifts and we don't deploy our anchor we lose ground, Aldrich!
ES: Si que los cambios de viento y no nos desplegamos nuestra ancla perdemos terreno, Aldrich!
EN: They will never lose ground, regardless of revolution or elemental force, until it can finally be proclaimed:
ES: Nunca descuidaron el ritmo... a pesar de la revolución o de las fuerzas elementales... hasta que finalmente se proclamó...

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