| Main Entry: | lose ground |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer loss or disadvantage |
Synonyms: |
fall away, fall farther behind, run out of gas, slump |
| Main Entry: | regress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to earlier way of doing things |
Synonyms: |
backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, roll back, sink, throw back, turn back |
Antonyms: |
develop, grow, progress |