making strides
Gaining significant ground
Making strides means progressing significantly toward a goal or improvement.
The image is of someone walking with long, purposeful steps—covering ground efficiently.
Usually appears with modifiers indicating degree: The company is making great strides in renewable energy, She's been making strides with her recovery.
Often implies steady advancement rather than sudden breakthrough.
- progressMovement toward improvement
- moving forwardContinuing toward a goal
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- forwardOnward in direction
headway · gaining ground · leaping · breakthrough · leaps and bounds · gains · improvement · stepping · walking · gait · pace · long way · movement · climbing · rising · onward and upward · achieving · getting ahead
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, ongoing
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
making stridesstagnating
Ceasing to develop
standing still · treading water · going nowhere · spinning one's wheels · at a standstill
making strideslosing ground
falling behind · regressing · backsliding · slipping back · declining
make, makes, made, maker, makers, making, remake, remade, unmade