get ahead

phrase

: to achieve success

determined to get ahead in life

Examples of get ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Be prepared for employees to ask if AI is eliminating roles and get ahead of investing in AI training and upskilling. — Duane Tursi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Lockheed also highlighted that its FLEX airframe will provide a modular airframe that gets ahead of subcomponent obsolescence, provides future capability enhancements to outpace threats and enable scalability at the production factory. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

The risk is that the Packers get ahead and go run-heavy, but Watson’s big-play ability is too much to leave on the bench. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026

Perkins says the goal is to get ahead of those winter heating costs now. — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for get ahead

• abovesaid
• aforesaid
• arrowhead
• casinghead
• copperhead
• figurehead
• fountainhead
• gingerbread
• hammerhead
• infrared
• leatherhead
• letterhead