ahead of the game

1. In a position of advantage, especially financially; succeeding or winning. For example, If we can sell 2,000 units of this product by next month, we'll be well ahead of the game. This idiom uses ahead of in the sense of “in advance of,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s, and transfers success in gambling (the game) to winning in other areas. Also see come out ahead.

Example Sentences

"The KP double hundred was a real marker of dominance, of taking Australia down. He led it, the team got ahead of the game. He hammered Australia into the ground."

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In his programme notes, ahead of the game, captain Bruno Guimaraes even wrote that the stadium was a "safe place for us where we know we play our best football".

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“In that way, I am already one step ahead of the game,” he joked.

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"But we were ahead of the game and lots of people, particularly at the bigger clubs, or even the press, were not too complimentary."

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Red Bull have tried to get ahead of the game.

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