make headway, to
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
- headway
- make headway
- 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