Movement

to follow in someone’s footsteps

to copy behaviour or profession

to ramble

to talk at length with no focus

to go round in circles

keep saying or doing the same thing

a vicious circle

you can’t get out of a cycle

one step forward two steps back

not making significant progress

great strides

make great achievements

leaps and bounds

to improve a lot quickly

to leapfrog

to become more advanced than rivals

to skip

to leave out