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
Mateo	mah-TE-o (Spanish)	Spanish, Croatian
Stamatia	-	Greek
Jerrie	JER-ee	English
Ziya Al-Din	-	Arabic
Theodor	-	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Romanian
Joachim	zho-a-KEEM (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)	French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend