gain on

English

Alternative forms
  • gain upon

Verb

gain on

  1. To encroach on.
    The ocean gains on the land.
  2. To obtain influence with.
    • Jonathan Swift
      My good behaviour had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty.
  3. To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest.
  4. To get the better of; to have the advantage of.
    • Joseph Addison
      The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself.

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