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

Just as Karatsuba’s algorithm only outperforms the grade-school approach when numbers get reasonably large, the Harvey-van der Hoeven algorithm doesn’t pull ahead until the numbers become truly galactic. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

The marketers who pull ahead will be the ones who implement and steer strong unified systems. — Marvin Abdel-Massih, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Los Angeles scored just eight points in the third quarter as Seattle pulled ahead 68-48. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

Early in extra time, Argentina again pulled ahead 2-1 with a goal from Lisandro Martinez in the 92nd minute. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

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