pull ahead

verb

pulled ahead; pulling ahead; pulls ahead

: to take the lead in a race, competition, contest, etc.

The two runners were side by side until one pulled ahead.

—often + of

He has pulled ahead of the other candidates in the election polls.

Examples of pull ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brasher and Cruz kept the pressure on during the second match, pulling ahead early 8-6 and leading by as much as 17-12 before closing out the victory. — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

The hosts pulled ahead near the midway point of the first half after a quick restart got the Royals moving downfield quickly. — Staff, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

This trend slowly reversed course in the mid-2010s and then, amid the Falcon 9 ramp up in the early 2020s, the United States pulled ahead dramatically. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Montgomery gave the White Sox the lead with an RBI single in the first, but Detroit pulled ahead 3-1 on Ben Malgeri's two-run homer in the second and Eduardo Valencia's RBI double in the third. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

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