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11get ahead — PHRASAL VERB If you want to get ahead, you want to be successful in your career. [V P] He wanted safety, security, a home, and a chance to get ahead. Syn: get on …
12get ahead — the desire to get ahead Syn: prosper, flourish, thrive, do well; succeed, make it, advance, get on in the world, go up in the world, make good, become rich; informal go places, get somewhere, make the big time …
13get ahead — phrasal to achieve success < determined to get ahead in life > …
14get ahead — make progress, succeed Do you want to get ahead in this world? Do you want to succeed? …
15get ahead — advance or be successful She really works hard at her job in order to get ahead …
16get ahead — to achieve success. Everyone who works here should be able to get ahead …
17get ahead (of somebody) — ˌget aˈhead (of sb) derived to make progress (further than others have done) • She wants to get ahead in her career. • He soon got ahead of the others in his class. Main entry: ↑getderived …
18get ahead — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, achieve success, advance, ameliorate, amend, appreciate, arrive, balloon, be a success, bloat, boom, break through, breed, broaden, come along, come on, come through, cover ground, crescendo, cut a… …
19get ahead — Proceed, progress, advance, get on, get forward, get along …
20get ahead — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. climb, prosper, thrive; see succeed 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To gain success: arrive, get on, go far, rise, succeed. Idioms: go places, make good, make it. See THRIVE. II verb See GET …
