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Definition of Get ahead
1. Verb. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.. "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
Specialized synonyms: Steal, Hit, Rack Up, Score, Tally
Antonyms: Fall Back
Derivative terms: Gainer, Win
Definition of Get ahead
1. Verb. To advance toward success ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Ahead
Literary usage of Get ahead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethics for Children: A Guide for Teachers and Parents by Ella (Lyman). Cabot (1910)
"Read: "The Crow and the Pitcher," in The First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller,
by Fanny E. Coe.. OCTOBER: THE BEST WAY TO get ahead ..."
2. Tobacco and Alcohol by John Fiske (1868)
"waste will soon get ahead of repair, and our strength will be utterly exhausted.
The effect of sunlight on the optic nerve is to stimulate the medulla, ..."
3. Economic Civics by Ray Osgood Hughes (1921)
"The Chance to get ahead. — Every man, rich or poor, in order to be really contented
must have a chance to get ahead in this world. ..."
4. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal: Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar by Sherard Osborn (1852)
"... m>se to the crack" was the only way to get ahead in the arctic regions.
The crews of the brigs were in rattling health and spirits. ..."
5. Trusts by Samuel Calvin Tait Dodd (1900)
"By each striving to get ahead, all make progress. Have prices been increased?
On the contrary, combination in business and low prices have ever gone hand in ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"get ahead More Quickly Success is merely a matter of training. ... get ahead.
Fit yourself to earn more money. Your first step is to Mark the Coupon ..."
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