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make headway

/ make headway /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
"The home team was gaining ground"
"After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
Opposites:
fall back lose drop off fall behind recede
Kinds of:
steal score hit tally rack up
Derived:
win gainer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
25%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
12
Times Searched
3
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steal score hit tally rack up fall back lose drop off fall behind recede