RAKE'S PROGRESS

PRONUNCIATION: (rakes PROG-res)

MEANING: noun: A steady decline, especially one brought on by dissipation, folly, or vice.

ETYMOLOGY: After A Rake’s Progress, a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth, depicting the decline of a spendthrift. Earliest documented use: 1833.
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HAKE'S PROGRESS - slow but steady despite all obstacles, like the eventual arrival of the fish upstream at the spawning grounds where it was hatched

DRAKE'S PROGRESS - the father duck needs a little more time to get all the ducklings across thte street

LUKE'S PROGRESS - Master Sywalker has a lot yet to learn, but he's getting there