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make headway

make headway verb: to progress; to move forward.

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

make headway meaning in Tamil

make headway in Tamil

progress
முன்னேறு muṉṉēṟu

Antonyms of make headway

Forms of make headway

third-person singular presentmakes headway
present participlemaking headway
past participlemade headway
pastmade headway

Questions about make headway

What does make headway mean?
Make headway means to progress; to move forward.
What is make headway in Tamil?
Make headway in Tamil is முன்னேறு (muṉṉēṟu). See Make headway meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is make headway?
Make headway is a verb.
What is the past tense of make headway?
The past tense of make headway is made headway.

Words near make headway in the dictionary

  1. make hay
  2. make hay while the sun shines
  3. make head against
  4. make head nor tail of
  5. make head or tail of
  6. make headway
  7. make heavy going of
  8. make heavy weather
  9. make heavy weather of
  10. make history
  11. make interesting

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