"pull ahead" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pull ahead.ogg [Australia] Forms: pulls ahead [present, singular, third-person], pulling ahead [participle, present], pulled ahead [participle, past], pulled ahead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull ahead (third-person singular simple present pulls ahead, present participle pulling ahead, simple past and past participle pulled ahead)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to move into a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition). Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-pull_ahead-en-verb-bXy4bEdp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (ahead)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pull ahead meaning in English (1.5kB)

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          "text": "After being neck-and-neck the whole race, Gibbs managed to pull ahead in the final lap."
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