make+headway
1make headway — ► to make progress: »Banking legislation appears to be making headway in Congress. make headway in doing sth »According to reports, the Federal Reserve has made headway in slowing growth to a moderate pace while restraining inflation. make… …
2make headway — If you make headway, you make progress …
3make headway — index develop, persist, proceed (go forward), progress Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4make headway — verb obtain advantages, such as points, etc. The home team was gaining ground After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number one playoff berth in the Western Conference • Syn: ↑gain, ↑advance, ↑win …
5make headway — If you make headway, you make progress. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you make headway, you make progress in what you are trying to achieve. Investigators have made little headway in their search for the causes of the… …
6Make headway — If you make headway, you make progress …
7make headway — to achieve progress. We hope scientists are able to continue to make headway against cancer …
8make headway — make progress, advance …
9make\ headway — v. phr. To move forward; make progress. The university is making headway with its campus reorganization project. •• to make progress in a particular direction, in spite of any problems or difficulties …
10make headway — critics charge that the ground troops are making no headway in their purported mission Syn: make progress, progress, make strides, gain ground, advance, proceed, move, get ahead, come along, take shape …
