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Make headway Moderate

Make headway has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
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"

"win points"

2

To progress; to move forward.

Example Sentences
"The home team was gaining ground" verb
"After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" verb
"win points" verb
See Also
progress forward
Related Terms
Antonyms
drop off
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
steal score
Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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