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

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vantage ground

Standing in a fine open piazza with the Palazzo del Papa on one side, the Hospital on another, and the Bishop's palace on a third, this fine church occupies the vantage ground of Orvieto.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins

Even to ourselves, who look back at the struggle between Christianity and Paganism from the vantage ground of history, it is difficult to realise the suddenness of the transition.

From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot

Also from this high vantage ground the alarm is given in case of danger, and a detachment of soldiers, stationed in a sort of pigeon-holes, spend the hours of their watch in peaceful slumber.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay

A better vantage ground for a weary wayfarer need not be desired.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

The successive failures, especially the last, gave the opposition great vantage ground in declaring against the scheme altogether.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

Related Words

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