get ahead(v = verb.competition) advance, gain, gain ground, make headway, pull ahead, win - 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"
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VB  increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.

VB  go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance, precede, forerun, usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead, lead the way, lead the dance, get the start, have the start, steal a march, get before, get ahead, get in front of, outstrip, take precedence.

VB  advance, proceed, progress, get on, get along, get over the ground, gain ground, forge ahead, jog on, rub on, wag on, go with the stream, keep one's course, hold on one's course, go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead, make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way, make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides, go ahead, shoot ahead, distance, make up leeway.

ahead, ahead of its time, ahead of the game, ahead of time, all get out, dead ahead, forge ahead, get, get a line, get a load, get a look, get a noseful, get a whiff, get about, get across, get along, get along with, get around, get around to, get at, get away, get away with, get back, get back at, get behind, get by, get cracking, get down, get dressed, get even, get even with, get going, get hitched with, get hold, get hold of, get in, get in touch, get in touch with, get into, get it, get it on, get it over, get laid, get married, get moving, get off, get off the ground, get on, get on with, get one's lumps, get onto, get out, get out of, get over, get rid of, get rolling, get started, get stuck, get the best, get the better of, get the goods, get the hang, get the hang of, get the jump, get the picture, get through, get to, get to be, get to grips, get together, get under one's skin, get up, get weaving, get well, get wind, get wise, get with it, get word, get worse, go ahead, plow ahead, pull ahead, set ahead, shoot ahead, thrust ahead