move ahead

phrase

variants or move along

1

: to make progress

The project is moving ahead.

2

: to go on to something else

Let's move along to the next subject.

Examples of move ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The extraordinary visibility of men standing beside women during Woman, Life, Freedom demonstrated how far parts of Iranian society have moved ahead of the state that governs them. — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

The Rangers moved ahead of Toronto (75-77), which lost to Detroit, to stay within 1 1/2 games of Cleveland (77-75) for the third and final wild card. — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Nuclear construction moves ahead The early excavation work is intended to establish the stable foundation conditions required for later plant construction. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

But Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce moved ahead of Witten during Monday night’s game against the Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for move ahead

• abed
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead
• broadhead