headway

make headway

To make progress. After a months-long stalemate, we've finally made headway in the negotiations. I'm going to wait to take a break until I make some headway on my project.
See also: headway, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

make headway

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."
See also: headway, make
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

make headway

COMMON If you make headway, you make progress with something that you are trying to achieve. A spokesman said the two sides have made headway on some security issues. It appears that the police have made little headway in the investigation.
See also: headway, make
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

make ˈheadway

make progress, especially when this is slow or difficult: We are making little headway with the negotiations. The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide.
See also: headway, make
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

make headway, to

To advance. This term transfers the original meaning of headway, the forward motion of a ship, to any kind of progress. Augustus Jessopp had it in Arcady for Better or Worse (1887), “Rarely, except in the open parishes, do the demagogues make headway.”
See also: make
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • make headway
  • make headway, to
  • Just (you) wait (and see)!
  • you wait
  • You wait!
  • you (just) wait (and see)
  • be under way
  • What’s the scoop?
  • What's the scoop?
  • wait out
References in periodicals archive
| The national brain injury charity Headway has officially opened its newest shop in Loughborough's Biggin Street.
Brain injury charity opens new Loughborough shop
"Sian encouraged me to join Headway and even came and picked me up to bring me to the meeting.
Woman badly hurt in A55 bridge fall now helps others with brain injuries
Headway Workforce Solutions is a leading sector focused B2B (Business to Business) provider of workforce solutions with an array of contract-based integrated services and national staffing solutions.
Headway Acquires New York Hospitality and National Event Staffing Business
"There are some services users who have been going to Headway for as long as I have.
Volunteer of over 20 years up for top award
"We clashed paddles and got a bit wet, but it was a brilliant way to raise money for Headway Wirral.
Law team takes on the dragons
"It has an experienced leadership team, growing client base and proven technology platform, powered by machine learning and data science, that will support Entravision and its Headway, Pulpo and other business units in meeting the increasing digital advertising and data services needs of our marketing partners.
Bigger Headway For Entravision With Smadex Add
I have the difference Headway A new branch has now been launched at an event at Alnwick Gardens by the Duchess of Northumberland, who acts as a patron.
Brain injury charity launch; DUCHESS BACKS MERGER
About his meeting with Prime Minister Abbasi, the CJP remarked that he was expecting a headway will be made on the issues and there will be no hurdles in approval of the summaries now.
EXPECTING RAPID PROGRESS: CJP
Headway Tyneside has won a grant from search engine giant Google worth $10,000 (PS7,640) per month, which it is using to improve its website.
Head injury charity wins funding for its website
The times when the fourth to the last queued vehicle cross the stop line are recorded and used to calculate the average headway per vehicle.
Automatic Estimation Method for Intersection Saturation Flow Rate Based on Video Detector Data
The idea behind it is that drivers adjust their velocity according to the space headway between their own vehicle and the preceding vehicle.
A New Car-Following Model with Consideration of Dynamic Safety Distance
His Royal Highness Prince Harry has launched the new initiative by Headway, a charity that supports people affected by brain injury.
New ID card to support survivors of brain injuries
As seen in Figure 6, the percentile for headway selection can be smaller when the queue length is longer under the same service level.
Variability of Green Time to Discharge a Specified Number of Queued Vehicles at a Signalized Intersection
Ray Savage, 56, owner of Savi's Bakery, in Leamington Spa, and his team covered almost 1,000 miles across the UK in just nine days to raise awareness of Headway Coventry and Warwickshire, a charity which supports local people affected by brain injury.
Hard slog was worth it!