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Lose Ground

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99%5Exact Match!
verb

• become ground down or deteriorate

• remove soil or rock

98%7Exact Match!
noun

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

verb

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

95%8Exact Match!
verb

• move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race

• remove by drawing or pulling

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