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dead ahead

Idioms  

  1. Directly or straight in front of one, as in There's the house, dead ahead. The use of dead in the sense of “straight” dates from the last quarter of the 1800s.

Example Sentences

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Wave season — the time of year when most cruises are booked — is dead ahead.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023

I am just wondering, dead ahead, do you think that explaining how the business model of Robinhood works to users is important?

From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2022

We just think you may be jumping the gun – and it especially concerns us when we are so close to the finish line that we can see it dead ahead.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2021

He hadn’t anticipated the lapped car of Ricky Rudd exiting pit road, dead ahead.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2019

A ripple of stifled laughter went around the room, but I kept my spine ramrod straight, my eyes dead ahead.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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