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make inroads

verb as in entrench

verb as in impinge

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Still, Ryan opens himself up to needless criticism when he writes how Republicans can make inroads with communities of color.

How the GOP can make inroads in African-American communities.

In a land where resources are scarce, and spay-neuter initiatives are only starting to make inroads, this is not surprising.

If Republicans can improve their chances among these communities, they will likely make inroads elsewhere too.

But she said the door is still open for Romney to make inroads.

Indeed, for a year or two previous to the commencement of this story, she had been forced to make inroads upon her capital.

It seeks especially to make inroads among God's professing people.

Occasionally they make inroads in herds upon the cultivated grounds and plantations, committing great damage.

They are then compelled either to starve or to make inroads upon the property of the settlers on the frontiers.

The slow and mysterious disease, which was to prove fatal within a year, continued to make inroads upon his constitution.

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On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to make inroads, such as: horn in, impinge, infringe, intrude, trespass, and usurp.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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