intransitive. (a) To profit, be of service. (b) To gain ground, make progress; = frame, v. 1 2.

intransitive. To go on, continue; to advance, make progress. Obsolete exc. Scottish.

intransitive. To make progress, advance; to improve; to increase, esp. in knowledge or virtue. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of an action, work, process, or state of affairs: to proceed, continue further; to be in progress; to happen, occur, take place…

To increase in some specified quality or property; sometimes with more or less notion of progress toward maturity. Const. in, †of.

to commence to, into: to begin to grow or develop to or into. Obsolete.

intransitive. To gain ground, make progress; to prosper, succeed. Also (in neutral sense): to fare, go (well, ill, etc.). Obsolete.

to get ground: to make progress, advance. †Also to get ground of (also upon): to encroach upon, obtain the mastery of; to draw away from (pursuers)…

intransitive. Of time, a narrative, a piece of work, etc.: to progress, develop, unfold.

intransitive. figurative and in extended use. With adverb or prepositional phrase as complement: to proceed, make progress; (now) esp. to advance to…

intransitive. To move on, advance, make progress.

intransitive. Chiefly of a person: to make progress in life, employment, or some other sphere. Frequently with in.

figurative. To roll or flow on to or into (some condition).

intransitive. To advance in growth or development; to improve, make progress; = to come along 3 at phrasal verbs 1.

intransitive. To proceed to a further or higher stage, or to further or higher stages continuously; to develop, increase; (esp.) to advance to a…

to gain ground: originally Military to conquer ground from an adversary: cf. equivalent phrases s.v. g… To make progress, advance; to acquire…

intransitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To develop from an early stage or initial idea.

Of an action, process, etc. intransitive. To go on or advance to a certain point or degree; to be carried on further; to continue, progress. Cf…

To collect or acquire by way of increase; to gain. †to gather ground: to gain ground, make progress. to gather head: to acquire strength; also, to…

intransitive. Of a system, scheme, concept, enterprise, etc.: to advance, progress; to move towards completion. Of time: to continue unrelentingly…

Esp. of an opinion, idea, etc.: to gain acceptance; to become popular or widespread. Chiefly in to make its way.

intransitive. To approach; to come from the background to the front; to advance, proceed, progress.

intransitive. To grow, mature; to become more advanced or elaborate. Also: to change gradually into something more advanced. Hence (more loosely): to…

to turn a wheel: (of a vehicle) to move or be set in motion; figurative (of a person or thing) to move forward, to make progress, to begin…

intransitive. To assume a shape or form; to develop or progress. Frequently const. up.

intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). In interrogative clauses with how, used to enquire about a person's well-being or (now more commonly)…