ahead : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb in an advantageous position
  
  • she's ahead of the game

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• adverb before the usual time or the time expected
  early; too soon.
  
  • she graduated early
  • the house was completed ahead of time

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• adverb exactly ahead or in front
  
  • the laboratory is dead ahead

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• (Naut.), directly ahead; said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go.

Webster 1913

• verb obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
  make headway; advance; gain ground; get ahead; win; gain.
  
  • The home team was gaining ground
  • After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference

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• verb proceed (with a plan of action)
  go ahead.
  
  • He went ahead with the project

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• noun a signal to proceed
  green light.
  
• noun readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  enterprisingness; initiative; enterprise.
  

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• verb proceed (with a plan of action)
  go ahead.
  
  • He went ahead with the project

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• to continue in spite of obstacles or resistence by others. Often used in a bad sense, meaning to continue obstinately in spite of the contrary advice of others.

Webster 1913

• verb obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
  make headway; advance; gain ground; get ahead; win; gain.
  
  • The home team was gaining ground
  • After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference

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• verb move forward
  advance.
  
  • we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward

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• verb push one's way
  push forward; barge.
  
  • she barged into the meeting room

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• to advance; to prosper.

Webster 1913

• . (a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of. Colloq.

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• . (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed.
• . (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. Colloq

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• (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables.

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• to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.

Webster 1913