get ahead

verb

1. to be successful; prosper

2. (foll by of) to surpass or excel

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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

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

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

Example Sentences

The other eager AI users at the pharmaceutical company were R&D scientists, which makes sense: Throughout their careers, getting ahead has depended on rapidly adopting new technologies.

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Stock analysts following luxury companies initially thought that American consumers were buying jewelry to get ahead of tariffs on imported luxury goods.

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"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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“On the labor market, I don’t feel as confident we can get ahead of it. It’s vulnerable enough now” that if layoffs start to rise a little, they could rise a lot more.

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“On the labor market, I don’t feel as confident we can get ahead of it,” she said in an interview Monday.

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