vantage ground

noun

1. a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.

vantage ground

noun

1. a position or condition affording superiority or advantage over or as if over an opponent

Word History and Origins

Origin of vantage ground¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

To place my reader on this requisite vantage-ground, is the purpose of the following exposition.

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Dashing up the hill, to the houses which the enemy had used for vantage ground, they found them vacated.

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I admit you occupy the vantage ground then; you stand on what you believe is a rock; beneath us is the moving quicksand.

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From the superior vantage ground of her position, it is for her to hold out the right hand of fellowship.

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We were afraid to go down hill, lest we should descend too soon; our vantage-ground was high ground.

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Related Words

• angle
• perspective
• point of view
• slant
• viewpoint