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.

Examples of make headway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But without the push of the Olympics, perhaps there wouldn’t have been much of an incentive to make headway with cleaning such an iconic river, Lindsay Krasnoff, a historian and global sports expert, told Fortune. —

Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 July 2024 For one thing, control of Congress wouldn’t shift every two years, allowing a Biden White House to make headway with its political agenda. —

Jeff Bloodworth, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 While local authorities struggle to make headway, 125 miles south the same problem has essentially been solved. —

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 See all Example Sentences for make headway

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