inroadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.rəʊdz/us/ˈɪn.roʊdz/make inroads/an inroad
to start to have a direct and noticeable effect (on something):
The government is definitely making inroads into the problem of unemployment.
We have not been able to make much of an inroad into the backlog of work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inspiration
- instrumental
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- major league
- reverberate
- thing
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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