Engage
Gain
Gain verb - To gradually increase in.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hartmann would swap airplanes with his wingmen so that he could engage unsuspecting enemies in an unmarked aircraft while the wingman could safely gain experience in an airplane the enemy avoided.
Source: Nose Art - Wilbur and Orville Wright have been said to engage in this activity, switching sides during arguments to gain a clearer picture of the argument as a whole.
Source: Devil's Advocate -
However, they do engage in occasional wars of conquest to gain new worlds to terraform.
Source: True Neutral
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