put facts on the ground

== English == === Etymology === Used by early leaders of the Zionist movement to refer to staking a claim to disputed land in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. === Verb === put facts on the ground (third-person singular simple present puts facts on the ground, present participle putting facts on the ground, simple past and past participle put facts on the ground) (idiomatic, especially diplomacy) To quietly or incrementally change the de facto situation in one's favor in order to win a legal dispute. ==== Derived terms ==== facts on the ground ==== Related terms ==== gain ground === References === Cheshin, Amir; Hutman, Bill; Melamed, Avi (1999), Separate and Unequal: The Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem‎[5], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 55