bring to ground

Continuing the Middle English bryngen to ground.

bring to ground (third-person singular simple present brings to ground, present participle bringing to ground, simple past and past participle brought to ground)

1. (transitive) To cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue.

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ground, sb. · III.8.b”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 451, column 1.