phrasal verb · neutral
make headway
/meɪk ˈhɛdweɪ/HEAD·way
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to make progress, especially when this is difficult
Examples
“Negotiators finally began to make headway after hours of talks.”
“The team is making headway on the project despite limited funds.”
“Researchers are making headway in finding a cure.”
Band 8 sentence
“Despite the funding cuts, the research team managed to make headway on the vaccine trial.”
Collocations
- make headway on
- make headway with
Word family
headway noun (uncountable)make headway verb phrase
Common mistakes
make a headway→make headway
do headway→make headway
Say it for a higher band
5get better→6make progress→7+make headway
Synonyms
make progress
Easily confused
gain ground
“The new party began to gain ground in rural areas.”
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