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obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
win points
After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
The home team was gaining ground
How To Use get ahead In A Sentence
- They've seen in recent years how quickly it's possible to get ahead by job hopping, yet they crave security in the face of today's shaky business climate.
- Is it all really just a mutual self-help society for ambitious Sikhs to get ahead? Times, Sunday Times
- Insectoid ads infesting every surface of your life - and don't be a chump, start advertising yourself now using brain-boring hallucinations right now! get ahead of the curve! How Do You Get Your News? | Lifehacker Australia
- It's tough for a woman to get ahead in politics.
- Last night he and Gervinho were deployed on either side of Chamakh, with the licence to interchange freely and to get ahead of the centre-forward. Arsenal fizzle out after early promise – just like last season | Richard Williams
- If only our horse can get ahead of the leading runner,it can win the race.
- If a man takes an interest in our work, we can't help but think about the male superior who advised "using our sexuality" to get ahead, or the manager who winkingly asked one of us, apropos of nothing, to "bake me cookies. Are We There Yet?
- Even now each state, moreover, seeks to get ahead of other states as it deals with its military and defense problems.
- Or maybe, we fear that if we pause for even an infinitesimal second, someone else will grab our place and get ahead?
- And most staff have to be bludgeoned into writing this material; anyone who volunteers and shows the real desire that he apparently has to cover it is likely to find it a great way to get ahead.
