made one's way

Verb

make one's way (third-person singular simple present makes one's way, present participle making one's way, simple past and past participle made one's way)

1. (idiomatic) To move forward, usually toward a destination or goal, physically or conceptually.
   • ... to tread upon enemies, and make our way over them, notes the compleatest victory and highest triumph ...1658, Joseph Caryl, An Exposition with Practical Observations continued upon the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and twenty-one Chapters of the Book of Job..., page 226

   Synonyms:

   insinuate, worm one's way