make headway(v = verb.competition) advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, pull ahead, win - 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"
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VB  advance, proceed, progress, get on, get along, get over the ground, gain ground, forge ahead, jog on, rub on, wag on, go with the stream, keep one's course, hold on one's course, go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead, make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way, make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides, go ahead, shoot ahead, distance, make up leeway.

headway, make, make a deal, make a face, make a federal case, make a killing, make a motion, make a point, make a point of, make a show of, make a stink, make advances, make allowance for, make amends, make an example of, make an impression, make and break, make as if, make believe, make bold, make clean, make clear, make do, make ends meet, make for, make full, make fun, make fun of, make good, make grow, make happy, make haste, make hay, make it, make known, make light of, make love, make merry, make money, make no bones about, make noise, make nothing of, make off, make out, make over, make pass, make peace, make plain, make possible, make pure, make relaxed, make sense, make sure, make the grade, make the most of, make the scene, make unnecessary, make up, make up one's mind, make up to, make vibrant sounds, make water, make way, make whoopie