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be/stay/keep one jump ahead
Definition
› to do something before other people do it: The way to be successful in business is always to stay one jump ahead of your competitors.Advantage and disadvantage
(Definition of be/stay/keep one jump ahead from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a free ride idiom
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