vantage ground

American  

noun

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

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vantage ground British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of vantage ground

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

From the vantage ground of these two lofty technicalities, Sir Eric Drummond, the Ambassador of Victoria's grandson, was entitled to gaze reproachfully upon Benito Mussolini last week and did in fact so gaze.�

From Time Magazine Archive

He was barely able to seize the chain again and let himself down to the vantage ground of the box, where he stood literally trembling.

From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram

They drew lots for this vantage ground, and he, who won, after a copious perspiration, produced the following line— Here lies Dickson, Provost of Dundee.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

After all the struggle for so many years against many overwhelming oppositions, Magellan now rose into the vantage ground of success, and fulfilled the vision which had illumined his soul in his darkest hours.

From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Butterworth, Hezekiah

In that time they had fought more desperate battles than it had ever fell to the lot of two armies to fight, without materially changing the vantage ground of either.

From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton

Related Words

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