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make headway
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make headway
make progress, advance
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make headway
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) gain, advance, win, pull ahead, get ahead, gain ground
(hyponym) steal
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make headway
posuwać się (z trudem) naprzód; robić (z trudem) postępy
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make headway
make progress We have been bargaining hard all week and are finally making headway in reaching a new agreement.
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make headway
Synonyms and related words:
achieve success, advance, ameliorate, amend, arrive, be a success, break through, come along, come on, come through, cover ground, cut a swath, develop, do well, enjoy prosperity, farewell, foot, gain, gain ground, gather head, gather way, get ahead, get along, get on, get on swimmingly, get on well, get there, go, go ahead, go along, go far, go fast, go forward, go on, go places, go well, graduate, grow better, have it made, improve, look up, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make good time, make head against, make it, make knots, make progress, make progress against, make sternway, make strides, make the scene, make up leeway, make way, meliorate, mend, move, move forward, pass along, pass on, perk up, pick up, proceed, progress, prosper, rise, roll, shape up, show improvement, skyrocket, stem, step forward, succeed, take off, travel, turn out well
achieve success, advance, ameliorate, amend, arrive, be a success, break through, come along, come on, come through, cover ground, cut a swath, develop, do well, enjoy prosperity, farewell, foot, gain, gain ground, gather head, gather way, get ahead, get along, get on, get on swimmingly, get on well, get there, go, go ahead, go along, go far, go fast, go forward, go on, go places, go well, graduate, grow better, have it made, improve, look up, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make good time, make head against, make it, make knots, make progress, make progress against, make sternway, make strides, make the scene, make up leeway, make way, meliorate, mend, move, move forward, pass along, pass on, perk up, pick up, proceed, progress, prosper, rise, roll, shape up, show improvement, skyrocket, stem, step forward, succeed, take off, travel, turn out well
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
