All give ground antonyms

verb give ground

• permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• come in — If information, a report, or a telephone call comes in, it is received.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
• arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
• forge — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
• forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• flatten — to make flat.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• straighten — make straight
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• defend — If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
• win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• persevere — to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
• combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
• unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.