make progress

idiom

: to move forward in one's work or activity

We're not finished yet, but we're making progress.

Examples of make progress in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the former Florida senator is now increasingly in the spotlight and facing growing pressure to make progress on some of Trump's key foreign policy goals, raising the stakes for his trip to Saudi Arabia and then Canada later in the week. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025

The plan was to sign a natural resources agreement and make progress on negotiating a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. —Meredith Kile, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025

Loading your audio article Gov. Gavin Newsom is again threatening to withhold money to address homelessness from local governments that are failing to make progress in moving people off the street. —Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025

No quizzes or scores or lengthy exercises, no pressure to be perfect – just a commitment to make progress. —Essence, 25 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for make progress

• adulteress
• adventuress
• nevertheless
• abbess
• abscess
• access
• address
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress