make ground

make ground

To become more successful, popular, important, or accepted. The opposition to vaccinating children, while still a definite minority, has been making ground in recent years. No one thought our fast food chain would do well in a country like India, but we've started making ground!
See also: ground, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • get in(to) the mainstream (of something)
  • vaccinate
  • vaccinate (someone or something) with (something)
  • vaccinate with
  • haw
  • hem and haw
  • hem and haw, to
  • hum
  • hum and haw
  • be taken at face value