gaining ground (verb) gain ground: make progress
Sinonime: arrears, dead horse, defalcation,
default,
deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red,
inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency,
lack,
loss,
paucity, red ink, scantiness,
shortcoming, shortfall, underage
Antonime: enough, excess,
plenty, superfluousness