Definitions for get ahead
get 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"

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1. Get Ahead

   Get Ahead is a BBC Television programme that ran from 1958 to 1962 and offered a prize of £5,000 (equivalent to £124,000 in 2021) to a contestant's idea for an entrepreneurial project for a profitable business. It was an early forerunner of programmes such as Dragons' Den on BBC Two. The programme was sponsored by the News Chronicle as a form of indirect advertising to skirt the Television Act 1954.The programme was presented by Kenneth Horne and Peter West. A panel of senior business experts judged the merit of the award and included Sir Miles Thomas, who had been chairman of BOAC and the British offshoot of Monsanto, the American chemical company at the time.

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1. get ahead

   To get ahead refers to becoming successful, often in a competitive environment, by making significant progress or advancement in a particular area such as career, studies, business or personal goals. This may involve surpassing others or moving beyond the current position or status.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of get ahead in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of get ahead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of get ahead in a Sentence

1. Diana Graber:

   We know that throwing the book at them, it's too much too late, so that's not working, it's very normal teenage behavior... and we need to get with the times and get ahead of the problem, and just have these very easy to have discussions.

2. Linda Vaughey:

   His strengths are in his background, his ability to problem solve, he started out with nothing and so in this very complicated, complex world we're living in who would you rather have someone who doesn't know how to get ahead ?

3. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom:

   There is no light switch here, it's more like a dimmer, i know you want the timeline, but we can't get ahead of ourselves and dream of regretting. Let's not make the mistake of pulling the plug too early, as much as we want to.

4. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski:

   I'd barely arrived to a lunch with financiers and investors, and I already had in my briefcase an offer for $5 billion, i told them let's not get ahead of ourselves, I still haven't arrived.

5. Jonathan Jeffress:

   The problem for the government is they don't want to get ahead of themselves, and charge someone with sedition if they don't have the evidence, they're keeping charges fairly low, but if you keep charges low, you might not be taken seriously on your detention request.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=get ahead
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Ahead
3. ^ ChatGPT
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