All make headway synonyms

verb make headway

• press on — continue, persevere
• push on — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• gain — to make a gain or gains in.
• improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• keep at — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• keep up — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
• hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• keep on — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• keep the ball rolling — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
• live on — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
• perdure — to continue or last permanently; endure.
• run on — melted or liquefied: run butter.
• stick at — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
• stick to — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
• get by — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• get on — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• muddle through — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
• cover ground — to move or traverse a certain distance
• get along — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• cast off — If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.