make strides
Move forward significantly
To make strides is to advance or progress noticeably toward a goal.
The image is of someone covering ground with long, purposeful steps: The company has made strides in reducing its carbon footprint.
Often paired with modifiers indicating degree: make great strides, make significant strides, make modest strides.
- gain groundMove forward, advance
- advanceMove or progress forward
- progressMovement toward improvement
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- move forwardTravel in intended direction
take steps · momentum · achievement · giant leap · leap · come a long way · get ahead · growth · improvement · headway · push · forge ahead · cover ground · overcome · step · forward motion · development · march
- progress wordsadvance, progress, improve, grow, develop
- improvementget better, improvement, do better, enhance, improve
- initiativetake action, taking initiative, go for it, initiating, take the lead
make stridesregress
Revert to earlier state
lose ground · backslide · fall behind · decline · deteriorate
make stridesstagnate
Cease to develop
stand still · stagnation · tread water · spin one's wheels · go nowhere
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