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  Gain \Gain\, v. i.
     To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to
     grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to
     make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
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           Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by
           extortion.                               --Ezek. xxii.
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     Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves,
        which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
  
     To gain on or To gain upon.
     (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land.
     (b) To obtain influence with.
     (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or
         contest.
     (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of.
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               The English have not only gained upon the Venetians
               in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice
               itself.                              --Addison.
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               My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor,
               that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. --Swift.
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  to gain upon /tə ɡˈeɪn əpˌɒn/
  1. tért hódít
  2. utolér