AHEAD

adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
adv.

In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.

2.
adv.

Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] -- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of.

3.
adv.

To surpass; to get the better of. [Colloq.]

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