headwaynoun
uk/ˈhed.weɪ/us/ˈhed.weɪ/make headway
to make progress or get closer to achieving something:
I'm trying to learn to drive, but I'm not making much headway (with it).
Little headway has been made so far in the negotiations.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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