get ahead

British  

verb

1. to be successful; prosper

2. (foll by of) to surpass or excel

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get ahead Idioms  

1. Succeed or make progress, especially in one's career or in society. For example, She put in many hours of overtime in order to get ahead . [c. 1800]

2. Save a little money, as in After we settle the hospital bill, we hope to get ahead enough to buy a new car .

3. get ahead of . Move in front of, as in I got ahead of her in line .

4. get ahead of . Outdo, surpass, as in We were determined to get ahead of the competition . Also see ahead of the game .

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Example Sentences

Another possibility: Tech investment gets ahead of demand, precipitating a bust.

From The Wall Street Journal

They added that “the market narrative around disinflation effects has gotten ahead of itself” because a slowing pace of price gains may not play out for another two years.

From MarketWatch

The logic is that customers may have made purchases earlier than they would have as they tried to get ahead of higher prices resulting from rising memory costs.

From Barron's

Pregnancy for Hedda is as distasteful a matter as these in-law intrusions, but it’s clear that George didn’t spend his entire honeymoon in the library and that the marriage plot has got ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times

Both countries are constantly innovating to get ahead in the drone war.

From BBC