The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ahead \A*head"\, adv. [Pref. a- + head.]
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In or to the front; in advance; onward.
The island bore but a little ahead of us.
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Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. To go ahead.
To go in advance.
To go on onward.
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To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] To get ahead of.
To get in advance of.
To surpass; to get the better of. [Colloq.]
Usage examples of "to get ahead of".
He whispered that total darkness was near and that he was going to get ahead of me, but was going to give me his position by imitating the cry of a specific small owl.
You want to be able to use it to get ahead of your rivals, but it can't be any obvious sort of weapon.
In other words stepping on someone else to get ahead of them or others.
They must have watched us set down, then circled somehow to get ahead of us on the trail.
The massive mortar barrage was just getting into swing and the Posleen were trying hard to get ahead of it.
For two weeks he had ridden almost without pause, hoping to get ahead of the Denledhyssi and warn his family of the barbarians' coming.
When Brion was sure of his direction he made his way out onto the plain where he could move faster, running along beside the trees to get ahead of the other man.
This time, he resolved to get ahead of the rightful King of Kings.
The only hope for the Elves was to outdistance the Gnomes on horseback, and the only way to do that was to get ahead of them and stay there.
So well had Count Stein obeyed his instructions that he had struck far to the south of us in his determination to get ahead of the Emperor.