gain on

verb

gained on; gaining on; gains on

: to come nearer to (someone or something that is ahead in a race or competition)

She was still leading at the halfway point, but the other runners were gaining on her.

Examples of gain on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Policy credited gains on the team’s investments—the S&P 500 rose 18% last year—and the NFL’s 2026 sale of NFL Network to ESPN. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026

His numbers have been elite this year and more importantly the stuff has trended up over the last couple months with huge gains on his fastball and secondaries. — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 24 July 2026

But 69% of that came from unrealized paper gains on its stakes in SpaceX and Anthropic, not the core business, and Wall Street looked straight through it. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Google saw a net gain of $98 billion, mainly as a result of gains on its equity investments — mostly in SpaceX, which went public in June. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Rhymes for gain on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon