come out ahead

1. Succeed, make a profit. For example, By the end of the year we expect to come out ahead. Also see ahead of the game.

Example Sentences

Whether Democrats will come out ahead on that I have no idea.

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Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, told Salon, “Republicans are likely going to come out ahead if the re-redistricting wars escalate, but the question is how much.”

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Smith mostly managed to come out ahead of these challenges, delivering sharp responses grounded in law while working at a lightning pace.

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Here are some of the companies that have come out ahead, as investors try to game out what the next four years might bring.

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How did she come out ahead of De León?

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