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Ground

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(Anglo-Saxon, grund.)

It would suit me down to the ground. Wholly and entirely.

To break ground. To be the first to commence a project, etc.; to take the first step in an undertaking.

To gain ground. To make progress; to be improving one’s position or prospects of success.

To hold one’s ground. To maintain one’s authority; not to budge from one’s position; to retain one’s popularity.

To lose ground. To become less popular or less successful; to be drifting away from the object aimed at.

To stand one’s ground. Not to yield or give way; to stick to one’s colours; to have the courage of one’s opinion.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Grommet, Gromet, Grumet, or Grummet
Grongar Hill
Groom of the Stole
Gross
Grosted or Robert Grosseteste
Grotesque
Grotta del Cane (Naples)
Grotto
Grotto of Ephesus (The)
Ground
Ground Arms (To)
Groundlings
Grove
Growlers
Grub Street
Gruel
Grumbo
Grundy
Grunth
Gruyère