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made headway

made headway is the simple past and past participle of make headway.

Meaning of make headway

Verb

make headway (third-person singular simple present makes headway, present participle making headway, simple past and past participle made headway)

  1. (idiomatic) To progress; to move forward.
    • I worked on them all day, but barely made headway at all.
    Antonyms:
    tread water

Questions about made headway

What is made headway the simple past and past participle of?
Made headway is the simple past and past participle of make headway.

Words near made headway in the dictionary

  1. made haste slowly
  2. made hay
  3. made hay while the sun shone
  4. made head against
  5. made head or tail of
  6. made headway
  7. made heavy going of
  8. made heavy weather
  9. made heavy weather of
  10. made history
  11. made in China

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