[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ahead \ahead"\, adv. pref. a- + head.
   1. in or to the front; in advance; onward.
      1913 webster

            the island bore but a little ahead of us.
                                                  --fielding.
      1913 webster

   2. headlong; without restraint. obs. --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

   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.
      b to surpass; to get the better of. colloq.
          1913 webster
see also:
to go ahead to get ahead of 

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