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Antonyms for get aheadget ahead

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  1. gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain groundverb

    obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

    "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

    Synonyms:
    throw out, earn, take in, benefit, bring home the bacon, pull in, come through, bring forward, gather, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, win, get along, supercharge, kick upstairs, put on, progress, pull ahead, acquire, make headway, advance, make, upgrade, encourage, further, gain, come along, realise, deliver the goods, promote, boost, go on, gain ground, raise, clear, move on, get on, profit, elevate, derive, shape up, reach, bring in, come on, succeed, set ahead, march on, realize

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  1. get ahead

    Synonyms:
    advance, prosper, flourish, thrive, proceed, forestall

How to use get ahead in a sentence?

  1. Jason Shoup:

    The ECB doesn't start buying bonds until March so we expect RFPs from European pension funds to crescendo when that occurs. There seems to be some that are already trying to get ahead of The ECB.

  2. Debbie Stabenow:

    You can get ahead of this, which is what didn't happen in the meatpacking situation, the best way to protect our supply chain is to keep workers safe.

  3. Henry Ford:

    It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

  4. Maria Burciaga:

    Francisca is a good woman. Her only crime is to come to this country to try to better herself and to help her children in Mexico get ahead. What mother wouldn't do that? Or what father? i don't know what is going to happen. The other President would give her a chance. But this one, I don't know. We are hoping for a miracle.

  5. Rosemary Tovar:

    I left because I was dying of hunger. We are trying to get ahead looking through this rubbish. Every night I pray to God to take me out of here.

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