streets ahead of
idiom
British, informal
: much better than (other people or things)
She is streets ahead of the other students.
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Despite a flurry of recent public relations woes, Tesla remains streets ahead of domestic challengers in China, the world's largest market for electric vehicles.
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Fortune, 29 Apr. 2021
Actor and comedian Chevy Chase, famously a friendly chap who has been streets ahead of comedy in recent years, is currently recuperating after a five-week stint at a hospital.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2021
The number of homeowners who reset their loans was streets ahead of the less than 45,000 D-FW mortgages for home purchases in the first half of this year.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2020
Fortune, 29 Apr. 2021
Actor and comedian Chevy Chase, famously a friendly chap who has been streets ahead of comedy in recent years, is currently recuperating after a five-week stint at a hospital.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2021
The number of homeowners who reset their loans was streets ahead of the less than 45,000 D-FW mortgages for home purchases in the first half of this year.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2020
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