Definition of "get ahead" []

• To advance toward success (verb)

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• "So well had Count Stein obeyed his instructions that he had struck far to the south of us in his determination to get ahead of the Emperor."
• "“Goodenough was so close to Beatty that … for all Goodenough knew, Beatty might have some important reason for ordering the light cruisers to get ahead [and reform the screen],” wrote Captain John Creswell."
• "To get ahead of the querying curve, I called the Zambian Embassy."