are/keep/stay one jump ahead

: to retain in one's possession or power

: to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing

: to have in control

: the means or provisions by which one is kept

: one that keeps or protects: such as

: fortress, castle

: a large strong rope usually of wire used to support a mast

: guy:1

: to secure upright with or as if with stays

: to incline (a mast) forward, aft, or to one side by the stays

: to go about : tack

: to stop going forward : pause

: to stop doing something : cease

: to continue in a place or condition : remain

: the action of halting : the state of being stopped

: a stopping or suspension of procedure or execution by judicial or executive order

: self-control, moderation

: one that serves as a prop : support

: a thin firm strip (as of plastic) used for stiffening a garment or part (such as a shirt collar)

: a corset stiffened with bones

: to provide physical or moral support for : sustain

: to fix on something as a foundation

: to spring into the air : leap

: to move suddenly or involuntarily : start

: to move energetically : hustle

: an act of jumping : leap

: any of several sports competitions featuring a leap, spring, or bound

: a leap in figure skating in which the skater leaves the ice with both feet and turns in the air

: exactly, pat

: in a forward direction or position : forward

: in front

: in, into, or for the future