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To progress; to make progress.
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The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.
Submitted on February 13, 2012
More phrases:
- come to
- live up
- move on
- pep up
- pig out
- plug away
- polish off
- pour out
- ramp up
- ring in
- round out
- run into
- run on
- run over
- step down
- stuff up
- take off
- take on
- air rage
- all hell broke loose
- as far as one knows
- ass over teakettle
- bet dollars to donuts
- brown thumb
- call a spade a spade
- flower
- flutter in the dovecote
- for the time being
- full speed ahead
- get a handle on
- get off
- give in
- go up in smoke
- hem and haw
- hit someone for six
- hit the spot
- in detail
- in its infancy
- lemon law
- lie through one's teeth
- lump in one's throat
- make headway
- middle ground
- nervous as a cat
- night owl
- not half bad
- one at a time
- one of those days
- out of gas
- out of line
- out of proportion
- push the envelope
- rock the boat
- roll out the red carpet
- run hot and cold
- sack out
- second banana
- sell ice to eskimos
- sit tight
- smack of
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