gain ground against (something)

In finance, especially regarding currency, to increase in value in comparison to something else. With Europe's economy still struggling to recover, the US Dollar continued to gain ground against the Euro on Friday.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Janine	zha-NEEN (French), jə-NEEN (English)	French, English, Dutch, German
Ariadna	ah-RYAHD-nah (Spanish, Polish)	Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Polish
Octavia	[ɔk'teiviə]
Jakki	JAK-ee	English (Rare)
Ren	ṙen	Japanese
Ethelyn	ETH-ə-lin	English