progress toward (something)

progress toward (something)

To be in the process of reaching a particular destination, outcome, or goal. (Usually used in the continuous tense.) With the game progressing toward its conclusion, it seems like the reigning champions will walk away with another victory. The committee is progressing toward the end of its investigation.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

progress toward something

to move partway toward some goal. Nancy is progressing toward her degree quite nicely. We are progressing toward the end of the project.
See also: progress, toward
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • progress toward
  • a stepping stone
  • bound for
  • bound for (somewhere or something)
  • getting there
  • progress with
  • progress with (something)
  • on course for (something)
  • on course for something
  • pick up (one's) marbles and leave