put facts on the ground (English, verb)
expansion: put facts on the ground (third-person singular simple present puts facts on the ground, present participle putting facts on the ground, simple past and past participle put facts on the ground)
Senses:
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: To quietly or incrementally change the de facto situation in one's favor in order to win a legal dispute.
tags: especially
idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts facts on the ground
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting facts on the ground
tags: participle
present
form: put facts on the ground
tags: participle
past
form: put facts on the ground
tags: past