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Make headway

To make progress, especially when this is slow or difficult

Example usage from an FT article:

Executives are betting Trump, as well as a new cohort of pro-crypto politicians in Washington, will also make headway with new legislation for crypto assets, which will in turn pave the way for traditional financial institutions to plough money into crypto.

Excerpt from "Donald Trump’s crypto embrace overshadows new EU digital assets rules"

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