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make progress

VERB
act
Synonyms
STRONGEST
begin carry out develop do enforce execute function move operate pursue respond serve undertake
STRONG
accomplish achieve consummate cook intrude labor maneuver officiate percolate perk perpetrate persevere persist practice preside
WEAK
carry on do a number do one's thing get in there go about go for broke go for it go in for go that route go to town knock off take effect take part take steps take up transort work out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abandon destroy discontinue disregard end fail forego forget give up idle ignore leave miss neglect stop
STRONG
cease follow leave alone quit
WEAK
abstain halt hesitate refrain
VERB
push off
Synonyms
WEAK
beat it blow continue depart exit fare get away get lost get off go go away hie journey keep going launch light out pass proceed process pull out push on quit repair shove off start take off travel wend withdraw
VERB
push off/push on
Synonyms
WEAK
beat it continue depart exit fare get away get lost go go away hie hit the road journey keep going launch light out make oneself scarce pass proceed process pull out quit repair shove off start take off travel wend withdraw
Antonyms
WEAK
arrive come

Example Sentences

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The ceasefire opened up a chance for diplomacy that looked for a short time as if it might make progress.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“She looks forward to continuing to cooperate with the Court to make progress in the custody case.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

As part of a highly credentialed startup team that worked on this problem for many years, I saw firsthand how difficult it is to make progress against a cartel that polices its own borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

He added that: “We are encouraged with the resilience of the International business while North America continued to make progress in the first quarter.”

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

What exactly was it that enabled seventeenth- and eighteenth-century science to make progress in a way that previous systems of knowledge could not?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton