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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  make headway
       v : 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, get ahead, gain
           ground] [ant: fall back]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  make headway
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To progress; to move forward.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  make headway
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To progress; to move forward.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  make headway
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To progress; to move forward.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  make headway
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To progress; to move forward.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  make headway /mˌeɪk hˈɛdweɪ/
  Fortschritt machen, Fortschritte machen
     Synonyms: progress, make progress
  
   see: progress, headway, progress, technical progress, onward progress, accelerated progress
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  make headway /mˌeɪk hˈɛdweɪ/
  vorankommen , vorangehen , weiterkommen , Fortschritte machen/erzielen , etwas erreichen 
     Synonym: make progress
  
   see: making progress, making headway, made progress, made headway, makes progress, makes headway, made progress, made headway, make considerable progress, make considerable headway, Their progress is slow., We are making little headway with the negotiations., The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide., We're not making any headway.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  make headway /mˌeɪk hˈɛdweɪ/
  
  σημειώνω πρόοδο

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "make headway":
     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
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     取得进步

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