get ahead

phrase

: to achieve success

determined to get ahead in life

Examples of get ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gausman opened the following inning by getting ahead of Murakami 0-2 but followed with three straight balls, and the Sox slugger unloaded on a low fastball. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Our goal became to build a model that could get ahead of that lag, digitizing doctors’ clinical judgment and predicting a patient’s trajectory before the APACHE score was calculable. — Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

At issue was whether that work would get ahead of a larger question before the court over whether the General Services Administration could delegate its authority for such a project to the Executive Office. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

In 2024, the Fed acted decisively to get ahead of a weakening in the labor market, delivering a bold, half-point rate cut. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 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