'make headway' definitions:
Definition of 'make headway'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede]
Synonyms of 'make headway'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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