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get ahead
succeed, move ahead, advance (especially professionally or financially)


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get ahead
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, gain ground
(hyponym) steal
2. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
(synonym) boom, prosper, thrive, flourish, expand
(hypernym) grow
(hyponym) revive



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get ahead
make progress, succeed Do you want to get ahead in this world? Do you want to succeed?

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get ahead
Synonyms and related words:
accrue, accumulate, achieve success, advance, ameliorate, amend, appreciate, arrive, balloon, be a success, bloat, boom, break through, breed, broaden, come along, come on, come through, cover ground, crescendo, cut a swath, develop, do well, enjoy prosperity, farewell, gain, gain ground, gain strength, gather head, gather way, get along, get on, get on swimmingly, get on well, get there, go, go ahead, go along, go far, go fast, go forward, go on, go places, go up, go well, graduate, grow, grow better, have it made, improve, increase, intensify, look up, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make good time, make head against, make headway, make it, make progress, make progress against, make strides, make the scene, make up leeway, meliorate, mend, mount, move, move forward, multiply, pass along, pass on, perk up, pick up, proceed, progress, proliferate, prosper, rise, roll, run up, shape up, shoot up, show improvement, skyrocket, snowball, spread, stem, step forward, strengthen, succeed, swell, take off, travel, turn out well, wax, widen
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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get ahead
tiến lên phía trước tiến bộ, vượt những người kháche has got ahead of all the other boys in his class: nó tiến bộ vượt tất cả các học sinh khác trong lớp
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