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makes headway

makes headway is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 makes headway

What is makes headway the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes headway is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make headway.

Words near makes headway in the dictionary

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

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