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Grammar : Verb
Spell : get
Phonetic Transcription : gɛt



Definition of getting ahead

Origin :
  • early 14c., "offspring," from get (v.). Meaning "what is got, booty" is from 14c.
  • verb excel, succeed
Example sentences :
  • Hull saw that some new means of getting ahead must be devised.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • We are getting ahead of our narrative, though—days ahead of it.
  • Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • And between Russ and Ruth there was—but there, I am getting ahead of my story.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Can it be some scientist I know nothing of is getting ahead of her?
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • He was getting ahead, not with phenomenal rapidity, but satisfactorily.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess  » by Caroline Lockhart
  • All they did care for was to keep one another from getting ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Chauffeur and the Chaperon » by C. N. Williamson
  • School was looked upon as part of the business of getting ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Comings of Cousin Ann » by Emma Speed Sampson
  • They were not getting ahead at all, and Mrs. Tweedie became annoyed.
  • Extract from : « The Morning Glory Club » by George A. Kyle
  • In my eagerness to reach my climax I am getting ahead of my story.
  • Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • They may try to pay us back for getting ahead of them as we did on several occasions.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys Afloat » by Clarence Young

Synonyms for getting ahead

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