make ground against (something)

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

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BronisŁAwa	braw-nee-SWAH-vah	Polish
Eliza	i-LIE-zə (English), e-LEE-zah (Polish)	English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Hameed	-	Arabic
Channing	CHAN-ing	English (Modern)
Hlengiwe	-	Southern African, Zulu
Joan (2)	joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan)	Catalan, Occitan