get ahead
— Phrasal Verb with get /get/ verb (-tt-, got, got, or US gotten)Definition
› [I] to be successful in business or a job: get ahead in sth If you are willing to work hard, you will get ahead in this organisation.
(Definition of get ahead from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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