intransitive. To gain advantage over; (also) to outstrip in speed; to gain upon in pursuing. Cf. sense 10b.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > get ahead of (4) to get of ——1548 intransitive. To gain advantage over; (also) to outstrip in speed; to gain upon in pursuing. Cf. sense 10b. to get (also have) the start of1569 to get (also have) the start of: to get ahead of (a person, originally a competitor in a race); (more generally) to gain an advantage over; to get… to get (also gain) a march (up)on1707 to get (also †gain) a march (up)on: to get ahead of to the extent of a march. Now only in extended use. to cut out1738 To get in front of a rival so as to intervene between him and success, or take the first place from him; to out-do, supplant in preference. |
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