Get ahead

get ahead (to surpass, to outdo, to advance, to prosper, to become rich, to succeed, to excel) - iść do przodu, wyprzedzać, prześcignąć, prosperować, przewyższać.

1. A runner managed to get ahead. [to surpass everybody]
2. He wants to get ahead with the game. [to win with the game]
3. I am getting ahead of myself. [I do something prematurely]
4. He got ahead in both his career and intellectual life.
5. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. [the secret od advance...] /Mark Twain/
6. You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead. [if you wat to win] /Irene Rosenfeld/
7. Some people are consumed by a struggle of getting ahead. [...by the struggle to be the best]