go-forward

noun

1. forward momentum, esp of a sports team during a match

Example Sentences

Judge Merchan could still go forward with the sentencing as planned despite Trump’s win, said former Brooklyn prosecutor Julie Rendelman.

From BBC

County Superior Court allowed one such project to go forward but deemed it a “public nuisance.”

From Los Angeles Times

The primary of these are the election theft and Jan. 6 Capitol assault cases in D.C. and Fulton County, Georgia, neither of which was able to go forward before November.

From Slate

The hands on the four faces of the clock tower cannot be wound, so instead the clock is stopped for one hour in autumn and for 11 hours when the clocks go forward in the spring.

From BBC

“The swelling was down. Everything was going in the right direction. So, he had worked hard to get to that point and then once you start playing, you never know what’s going to happen. But he was in position, we thought, in the right position to go forward. It was a setback. That was unfortunate.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accelerate
• achieve
• move up
• progress
• promote
• propel
• speed
• storm