make headway
idiom
: to move forward or make progress
The wind kept the boat from making headway toward shore.
The boat made little headway against the strong current.
We're gradually making headway with the project.
They've recently made some headway in their search for a cure.
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While local authorities struggle to make headway, 125 miles south the same problem has essentially been solved.
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
Without bipartisan support for the basic building blocks of American competitiveness and global leadership, Beijing will continue to make headway in changing the global order.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The remarks were his strongest public rebuke yet of the first major immigration reform proposal in years to make headway in Congress.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Whether Washington is willing to compromise to make headway on these issues is unclear.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
Without bipartisan support for the basic building blocks of American competitiveness and global leadership, Beijing will continue to make headway in changing the global order.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The remarks were his strongest public rebuke yet of the first major immigration reform proposal in years to make headway in Congress.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Whether Washington is willing to compromise to make headway on these issues is unclear.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Make headway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20headway. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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