inroad

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The definition of inroad is a raid or a step forward.

(noun)

  1. An example of an inroad is when you feel as if you are finally making progress with your mother-in-law who doesn't like you and that you are getting her to warm up to you a bit.
  2. An example ofan inroad is when a military group successfully seizes a fort that belonged to its opposition through a violent attack.

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See inroad in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a sudden invasion or raid
  2. any advance; esp., an intrusion or encroachment: usually used in pl.

Origin: in- + road (in obs. sense of “riding”)

See inroad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A hostile invasion; a raid.
  2. An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment. Often used in the plural: Foreign products have made inroads into the American economy.

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Origin: in1

Origin: + road, riding, raid (obsolete)

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