get ahead
get ahead · gets ahead · got ahead · getting ahead
виграти, перемогти, перемагати
выиграть, выигрывать, победить
gewinnen, siegen, erobern
To advance toward successTo advance toward success.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)To advance toward success.
More definitions
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
Examples
68 sentencesI got there ahead of time.
ruЯ добрался дотуда раньше времени. — Wezzel
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
ruНе будем слишком торопиться. — Ooneykcall
Sometimes I get ahead of myself.
Tom easily got ahead of us.
Try to get ahead in your company.
Translations
2 languagesForms
gets ahead, getting ahead, got ahead, got ahead| Base form | get ahead · to get ahead |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gets ahead |
| Present participle | getting ahead |
| Past simple | got ahead |
| Past participle | got ahead / gotten ahead |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- get upвстати, вставатиTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- get offзупинитися, зупинятисяTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- get outвийти, виходитиTo leave or escape.
- get onстаріти, постарітиTo board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- get inвигнати, виганятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
- get downзнатиTo bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- get backповернутися, повертатисяReturn to where one came from.
- get overпокрити, прикритиTo overcome.
More 8
- get awayвтекти, втікатиTo move away (from).
- get intoносити, надітиTo move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get aroundзламати, ламатиTo move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- get throughдосягати, діставатиTo overcome; to endure.
- get alongвживатися, справлятисяTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
- get toзробити, робитиTo reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
- get byвживатися, справлятисяTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
- get withTo become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.:gainadvancewinpull aheadmake headwaygain ground
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle