Make headway

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To progress; to move forward. idiomatic

    "I worked on them all day, but barely made headway at all."

  2. 2
    obtain advantages, such as points, etc. wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
achieve successadvanceadvanceameliorateamendarrive

Example

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"I worked on them all day, but barely made headway at all."

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