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make headway
Idioms and Phrases
Advance, make progress, as in We haven't made any headway with this project . This expression, first recorded in 1887, uses headway in the nautical sense of “a vessel's forward movement.â€Example Sentences
Efforts to reform life inside the walls of the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla are making headway.
“And so we have to stand strong and lead as a district in defending our most vulnerable students, in defending all the things that we have made headway on and continue to fight for more.â€
That trend was expected to continue through Monday, giving crews several days to make headway putting a ring around the fire.
But Trump made headway among Black male voters that proved detrimental to the vice president's bid, argued Alvin Tillery, a Democratic pollster and founder of the Black Equality Alliance super PAC.
Though Latino voters have historically aligned with Democrats, Trump has made headway with the group this year, according to polling, particularly among Puerto Rican men.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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