GOT AHEAD Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

got ahead

phrase

past tense of get ahead

as in succeeded

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 got ahead Henriquez replaced Sasaki and got ahead of Drake Baldwin, 1-and-2. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026 The Seattle right-hander got ahead in the count 1-2, but Happ kept his hands tucked on a down-and-in splitter to blast it off the right-field foul pole for his 22nd home run of the season. — CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Crow-Armstrong got ahead 2-1 in the count against lefty Hagen Smith and lined a slider over the right-field wall for the walk-off home run. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Kinley got ahead of McMahon, but the Yankees’ third baseman lifted a deep fly ball to right for the game-winner. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Egypt took a surprising lead in the 15th minute when Ibrahim got ahead of Lisandro Martinez to meet Marwan Attia’s cross and head the ball into the bottom corner. — James Robson, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got ahead

Phrase

New York got there first, in July 2023, and the result is instructive.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
By the time police got there, Ortegon-Couoh appeared to have been run over by a train, investigators said in court records.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Definition of got there

Phrase

The Religious News Service reported earlier this month that there are at least twelve pastors, seminarians, and former clergy who have run for federal office on the Democratic ballot this year, and that seven had made it through their primaries.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Eventually, with the support of producer Lou Adler, the show made it to the screen.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of made it

Phrase

My interest came from learning folk songs, memorable stories passed down over the generations in an oral sense before the American music business cut it up and started handing out ownership of copyrights and publishing.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Cleveland cut it to 3-1 in the fifth when Rocchio doubled, went to third on Kwan’s groundout and scored on Bazzana’s sacrifice fly.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cut it

Phrase

In her songs, stage banter and interviews, Parton always presented herself as a humble, yet audacious mountain dreamer made good.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Pozen counts calendar years, which is what the Damodaran file contains, and on that reckoning the losses of 2000–02 were more than made good by the close of 2006.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026