give ground (to somebody)

give ground (to somebody)
give/lose ˈground (to sb/sth) idiom
to allow sb to have an advantage; to lose an advantage for yourself

They are not prepared to give ground on tax cuts.

The Conservatives lost a lot of ground to the Liberal Democrats at the election.

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