by leaps and bounds »
Rapidly. Said of making progress.
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come along »
To progress; to make progress.
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come on »
To progress, to develop.
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drag one's feet »
To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
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fall behind »
To be progressively below average in performance.
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get stuck »
To be unable to make progress.
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go places »
To make progress or achieve success.
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go round in circles »
To repeatedly do the same thing; without making any progress.
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grind to a halt »
Coming to a standstill, or ceasing to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.
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in full swing »
Proceeding fully, quickly, or completely; thoroughly begun and in progress.
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level up »
To progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities. Often used in role-playing games when the character has aquired enough experience points.
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long goodbye »
Nickname for Alzheimer's disease, especially for the final phase of the disease, during which the patient suffers a progressive decline of cognitive and motor skills and gradually loses the ability to recognize and to communicate with family and friends.[1]; nickname for the relationship between a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that person's family or friends.
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make headway »
To progress; to move forward.
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neck and neck »
Very close in progress, as in a race or contest.
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on a roll »
Having a streak of good luck or good progress or success.
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on the bubble »
Holding the last qualifying position with qualification still in progress, and thus liable to lose that position.
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one step forward, two steps back »
A situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.
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out of house and home »
Helping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.
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parade of horribles »
A parade featuring a progression of people wearing comic and grotesque costumes.
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parade of horribles »
A rhetorical device employing a series of progressively more terrible results following from an act.
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put one foot in front of the other »
To move forward, progress steadily.
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scrape through »
To marginally manage to progress.
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showstopper »
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
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spin one's wheels »
To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere.
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square one »
The place where one begins; a lack of progress.
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stage of the game »
A point in the progress of an ongoing dispute or process.
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stepping stone »
Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else.
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stick in the mud »
More generally, one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive; an old fogey.
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sticking point »
A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.
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the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on »
Life goes on, even if some will try to stop or talk against progress.
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under way »
In operation, in progress, commenced.
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work at »
To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task.
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