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Definition of Make headway
1. Verb. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.. "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
Specialized synonyms: Steal, Hit, Rack Up, Score, Tally
Antonyms: Fall Back
Derivative terms: Gainer, Win
Definition of Make headway
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To progress; to move forward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Headway
Literary usage of Make headway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1919)
"Unable to make headway against the prevailing fashion, he deftly turned it to
account; after long and patient labor he placed a 'Stradivarius' violin ..."
2. The City, Its Sins and Sorrows: Being a Series of Sermons from Luke XIX.41 by Thomas Guthrie (1857)
"... exertions made under the present plan to meet the evil and make headway, with
all the steam up, we are going astern in our large manufacturing towns; ..."
3. Navigating the Air: A Scientific Statement of the Progress of Aëronautical by Aero Club of America, Israel Ludlow (1907)
"A free flying machine of the heavier-than-air variety then, at whatever speed it
moves, will be able to make headway against ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford (1888)
"... points in the time between such reversing of her engines from full speed ahead
to full speed astern, and the moment at which she ceased to make headway ..."
5. The Truth about Socialism by Allan Louis Benson (1913)
"With such gentlemen Socialists do not hope to make headway. With such gentlemen
Socialists do not seek to make headway. They belong to the rich class who ..."
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