get+ahead

  • 21get ahead — succeed, move ahead, advance (especially professionally or financially) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 22get ahead — become successful in one s life or career. → get …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23get ahead of the game — get/keep/stay/ahead (of the game) phrase to react quickly so that you gain keep an advantage Our industries have to keep ahead of the game in Europe. Thesaurus: to have, or to take advantage of, an opportunitysynonym Main entry …

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  • 24To get ahead of — Ahead A*head , adv. [Pref. a + head.] 1. In or to the front; in advance; onward. [1913 Webster] The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding. [1913 Webster] 2. Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L Estrange. [1913 Webster] {To go ahead}.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25To get ahead — Get Get (g[e^]t), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster] We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To arrive at, or bring one s self into, a state,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26get ahead of — overtake, pass, surpass, exceed …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27How to Get Ahead in Advertising — Infobox Film name = How to Get Ahead in Advertising director = Bruce Robinson writer = Bruce Robinson starring = Richard E. Grant Rachel Ward producer = David Wimbury distributor = Warner Bros. released = flagicon|USA May 5, 1989 runtime = 94 min …

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  • 28get — [get] verb got PASTTENSE [gɒt ǁ gɑːt] got PASTPART gotten PASTPART [ˈgɒtn ǁ ˈgɑːtn] getting PRESPART 1 …

    Financial and business terms

  • 29get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30ahead — a‧head [əˈhed] adverb if the value of something is ahead of a previous level, it has increased: • The shares were ahead more than 11% at one stage, and closed 85 up at 944p. * * * ahead UK US /əˈhed/ adverb ► at a better, higher, or greater level …

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