GET AHEAD Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

get ahead

phrase

Definition of get ahead

as in succeed

to reach a desired level of accomplishment a recent college graduate trying to get ahead in the working world

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Recent Examples of get ahead Agencies can help clients get ahead by testing campaigns earlier, building trust and visibility, and using search and audience data to influence decisions while shoppers are still deciding. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 But until then, Kyiv needs to get ahead of Moscow and stop its ability to wreak aerial havoc. — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 After revealing its personal agent app Muse earlier this month, the Facebook parent this week unveiled its Muse Charm device in an apparent bid to get ahead of OpenAI and Google. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Officials would also not get ahead of Trump on fentanyl, which triggered the first round of tariffs against China last year. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get ahead

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get ahead

Phrase

Moreover, the contrast between Paulina and Eloise shows who Paulina might become and the cost of getting there.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
To get there, Washington must encourage a free-market, international defense ecosystem defined by open architecture and industrial, software, and hardware compatibility.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of get there

Phrase

The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has also come to the defense of the filmmakers, arguing that the backlash has spilled over from the film to the lives and livelihoods of the people who made it.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Maintaining Institutional Knowledge In my experience, some of the most important operational information never makes it into a database at all.

— Justin Wisor, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of make it

Phrase

After spending 26 years trying to get somewhere, this copy won’t be going back in the mail.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Some are predicting that Colorado defenseman Cale Makar will get somewhere in the $18 million to $20 million range before the start of September’s training camps.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 July 2026

Definition of get somewhere

Phrase

At National Mortgage Center, another DSCR lender, even buyers of short-term rentals can often be approved, and sometimes multifamily projects of more than five units make the grade.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Other names that made the grade in 2027 include Alphabet, Apple , Coca-Cola, Dynatrace , Eli Lilly , Equinix and Williams Companies .

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of make the grade

Phrase

Raiders field goal kicker Matt Gay had just made good on a 41-yard attempt on the first drive of the second half, extending Las Vegas’ lead to six points.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Freedom made good on his promise of legal action just weeks later.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of make good

Phrase

Now Perella Weinberg, founded by M&A royalty Joe Perella and Peter Weinberg, is in talks to sell to Piper Sandler, which was itself formed by the 2019 merger of two boutiques that couldn’t hack it alone.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
James and Odie, both injured, have to hack it out and hike through some seriously treacherous terrain.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026