~ (into sth) something that is achieved, especially by reducing the power or success of sth else:
This deal is their first major inroad into the American market.
IDIOMS
make inroads into / on sth 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. * By the 1950s, television had made great inroads into the territory of the news magazines.
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