MAKE INROADS INTO / ON STH


Meaning of MAKE INROADS INTO / ON STH in English

if one thing makes inroads into another, it has a noticeable effect on the second thing, especially by reducing it, or influencing it :

Tax rises have made some inroads into the country's national debt.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.