gain ground

Smaller rivals could also gain ground and potentially shake up alliances.

In response, a Canadian boycott on U.S. goods is gaining ground.

Some of its 40 members represent seats in the north of England and Midlands which were once Labour heartlands but where first the Conservatives, and now Reform, have been gaining ground.

Still, the once controversial theory has been gaining ground among some intelligence agencies.

While his party has largely been viewed as a threat to the Conservatives, in recent weeks it has been gaining ground on both Labour and the Tories in opinion polls.