to ground

phrase

1

: into a burrow

the fox went to ground

2

: into hiding

… might need to make a run for it and go to ground someplace …

—Edward Hoagland

Examples of to ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Museums also seek to ground longer-term strategic decisions more deeply in data and to measure and communicate their progress using data, according to a 2023 report by McKinsey & Company. — Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

Shared understanding enables autonomous systems to ground decisions in relationships, evidence and business meaning instead of disconnected fragments of enterprise information. — Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

The intricacy with which Whitehead details the planning and execution of this caper marks him as a top-tier researcher — he’s drawn on many primary sources to ground this work of fiction in historical fact. — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

The Angels advanced only one runner to second base against the left-hander when Logan O’Hoppe and Mike Trout singled with one out in the sixth, but Skubal (6-5) got Vaughn Grissom to ground into an inning-ending double play. — ABC News, 19 July 2026

Rhymes for to ground

• abound
• aground
• around
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground