be streets ahead
UK informalC2 to be much better or much more advanced than another thing or person:
The latest sales figures show that we're streets ahead of the competition.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing the leading position
- ahead
- be in the front line idiom
- front
- frontier
- lead 1
- lead the field/pack/world idiom
- leading edge
- pacemaker
- pioneering
- spearhead
- standard-bearer
- street
- the cutting edge
- the forefront
- the front line
- the frontiers of sth idiom
- the vanguard
- trailblazer
- van