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

Worth Girvan and Gaspar were virtually tied on election night Tuesday, but on Thursday Worth Girvan began pulling ahead as more mail-in ballots were counted. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Amenities and experiences Wellness is where Hotel Nikko pulls ahead. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

Cheers erupted from a crowd at a watch party for several of the county’s Republican candidates as results from the state elections board showed Cassilly pulling ahead. — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

Locklin was up 22 percentage points in the Broward County portion of the district, which was added in this year’s redistricting, while Díaz-Balart relied on his strength in Miami-Dade to pull ahead by 22 points too. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

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