to get ahead
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt əˈhɛd/
:
progresar
- High scorers care deeply about being successful, getting ahead, and getting things done.
- get ahead of the curve
- get ahead in the world
- want to get ahead
So people need to get ahead with non violent means.
- So people need to get ahead with non violent means.
- It's that if you're really going to get ahead, you have to study your craft.
- Narcissism is, in fact, an instruction manual for how to get ahead in business.
- I need to toughen up if I'm going to get ahead.
- Nice guys, like for sure never get, never get ahead.
- I think education is one way for those people to get ahead.
- What made you the person that was able to spearhead anything and actually get ahead of competition?
- When you have to support a family, how can you sort of like get ahead?
- One way of getting ahead of your enemies in the naysayers is to outlive them.
- Yes, yes, that's what makes for a rich society that's going to get ahead.
- It's a religion of people who seem to have their eyes focused on anything but the actual process of getting ahead in Roman society.
Examples
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And if your generation wants to get ahead, you've really got to study.
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And so, you know, I could get ahead very easily in that.
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So then again, again, how do you get ahead while you change your friends?
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You used me to get ahead in your work...
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So we have the resources to get ahead of them and lead them in.
Fiction book (1991) -
You have to act quick to get ahead of your opponent.
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Here he offers a textbook example of how to get ahead in advertising.
Fiction book (2000) -
To succeed in this competitive job market, you need to find ways to get ahead of your peers.
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She took a course in management to get ahead in her career.
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He always looks for opportunities to get ahead in the corporate ladder.
Synonyms
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1.0
To beat others in a contest or game
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1.4
To defeat another person or team in a contest
417
3.4
To help something move forward or become better
49
3.8
Defeat others in a contest to win a job or prize
32
4.6
To be overcome by something like tiredness, strong feelings, or problems
30
4.8
Do better than someone or something
23
4.2
To defeat someone in a contest or game
22
3.8
Be better than someone at something
16
4.0
To make progress and become more successful than others
11
6.7
To do or say something to seem better than someone
9
3.4
To move into a leading position in a race or competition
9
6.8
To act before others to get an advantage
7
4.5
To get more successful and reach a higher social or economic position
4
7.1
Try to move into a better place than others before an important decision or event
2
6.1
To do better than someone or something and win
2
6.7
To gain more than someone else, especially in a competition
2
6.7
Get much farther ahead of other people in a race or competition
1
6.1
To have an advantage over someone in competition
1
5.9
To get ahead of others in progress or achievement
1
4.6
To move ahead of others in a race or competition
To try to be better than someone in a contest or task
To get an advantage over someone by doing better than them
Get an advantage over other companies or people
To win against other teams or companies in a contest
To suddenly move ahead of competitors by making a big improvement
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to achieve an advantage or move into a better position' is directly derivable from combining 'get' (to obtain/reach) with 'ahead' (in a leading position). This compositional pattern (verb + directional/positional adverb) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Get ahead comes from the simple picture of a race: to get in front, or ahead, of the other runners by moving forward. That's why it now means 'to succeed' or 'to move into a better position'.