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Meanings of get ahead in English

Catalan
avançar-se
Spanish
avanzarse

Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

    avançar-se

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          Usage of get ahead in English
          1
          No way, don't get ahead of yourself; we won't have any problem.
          The black minutes
          2
          Could adopting a neutral approach to office politics help you get ahead?
          The Guardian
          3
          Winston Peters says hard work will no longer se you get ahead.
          Radio NZ
          4
          Nor, presumably, would it want to help its domestic arch-rival get ahead.
          Reuters
          5
          Fred let her get ahead and paused to target the excavation equipment.
          First Strike
          6
          And I had a network of contacts to help me get ahead.
          The South African
          7
          So if you want to get ahead, try to do it subtly.
          BBC
          8
          But nobody shall get ahead of Jethro Sands in the long run.
          Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem
          9
          As Kluck's tendency was to get ahead, Hausen's was to lag behind.
          The guns of august
          10
          He did this in order to get ahead of the retreating man.
          Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Tr...
          11
          None of which is to suggest we should get ahead of ourselves.
          The Irish Times
          12
          The spring beauty hardly allows the hepatica to get ahead of her.
          The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
          13
          She accelerated, trying to get ahead of them, to gain precious yards.
          The Lost World
          14
          I'm catching up, paying off my debts and hoping to get ahead.
          The Irish Times
          15
          Vatz tried to get ahead of Magiere, but she pushed him behind.
          Thief of lives
          16
          She's never used a connected boyfriend to get ahead in her career.
          Ebony
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          Translations for get ahead
          Get ahead through the time
          Get ahead across language varieties
          South Africa
          Common
          Australia
          Common
          New Zealand
          Common
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