Usually means: Advance beyond current position, status.
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  1. get ahead: Merriam-Webster
  2. get ahead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get ahead: Collins English Dictionary
  4. get ahead: Vocabulary.com
  5. get ahead: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. get ahead: Wiktionary
  7. get ahead: Dictionary.com
  8. get ahead: Rhymezone
  9. get ahead: FreeDictionary.org
  10. get ahead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. get ahead: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. get ahead: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. get ahead: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (informal) To advance toward success.

Similar:
make headway, gain ground, win, gain, prosper, advance, expand, boom, thrive, flourish, more...

Types:
succeed, progress, improve, flourish, thrive, advance, more...

Phrases:
to get ahead, to get ahead of, get ahead of, get ahead of oneself, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, more...

Adjectives:
onward, going, abroach, even, onz, head, onboard, approaching, coming, overture, set

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Similar:
make headway, gain ground, win, gain, prosper, advance, expand, boom, thrive, flourish, more...

Types:
succeed, progress, improve, flourish, thrive, advance, more...

Phrases:
to get ahead, to get ahead of, get ahead of, get ahead of oneself, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, get ahead of the competition, a man who lies to get ahead, more...

Adjectives:
onward, going, abroach, even, onz, head, onboard, approaching, coming, overture, set



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