GET AHEAD Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

get ahead

phrase

Definition of get ahead

as in succeed

to reach a desired level of accomplishment a recent college graduate trying to get ahead in the working world

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Recent Examples of get ahead For healthcare organizations, that frontier remains uncharted, and the window to get ahead of it is narrowing. — Rhett Alden, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for get ahead

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get ahead

Phrase

The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Just bring cash and consider getting there early, as the small dining room can fill up quickly.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of get there

Phrase

The baby didn’t make it, and neither did the wife, who died a year later, a victim of the horrendous pandemic that swept the planet clean.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
But for millions of people juggling demanding jobs, caring for children, recovering from injuries, managing chronic pain or simply trying to make it through another exhausting day, regular workouts aren't always realistic.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of make it

Phrase

My interest came from learning folk songs, memorable stories passed down over the generations in an oral sense before the American music business cut it up and started handing out ownership of copyrights and publishing.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Cleveland cut it to 3-1 in the fifth when Rocchio doubled, went to third on Kwan’s groundout and scored on Bazzana’s sacrifice fly.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cut it

Phrase

Plus, declining costs for each unit of AI compute, known as tokens, are calling into question the ability of proprietary AI labs, namely OpenAI and Anthropic, to make good on their massive financial obligations.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Pozen counts calendar years, which is what the Damodaran file contains, and on that reckoning the losses of 2000–02 were more than made good by the close of 2006.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026