guadagnare terreno

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to gain terrain”. Compare French gagner du terrain. === Verb === guadagnàre terreno (first-person singular present guadàgno terreno, first-person singular past historic guadagnài terreno, past participle guadagnàto terreno, auxiliary avére) (idiomatic, figurative, also military) to gain ground Antonym: perdere terreno