get ahead of
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[edit]Verb
[edit]get ahead of (third-person singular simple present gets ahead of, present participle getting ahead of, simple past got ahead of, past participle (UK) got ahead of or (US) gotten ahead of)
- (get ahead of a potential development) To take preemptive action before the development becomes reality.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, ahead, of.
References
[edit]- “get ahead of”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.