Losing ground

[Rusalka]

Test No. incompl/inter-61 "Losing It (1)", question 2

We haven't made any progress this year and are in a sense going backwards and losing ..........

(a) terrain
(b) space
(c) land
(d) ground

Test No. incompl/inter-61 "Losing It (1)", answer 2

We haven't made any progress this year and are in a sense going backwards and losing ground.

Correct answer: (d) ground

Your answer was: n/a
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What does it mean???
_loosing ground_???

[Alan]

This means doing badly.
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