Definition of "make headway" []

• To progress; to move forward. (verb)

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• "Fortunately the naga mutual-assistance treaty with the humans had shored up their resources, and the goblins had not been able to make headway against them."
• "While Martin V, naturally enough, refused to recognize these decrees, he was unable to make headway openly against a movement which he considered fatal."