keep ahead
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To stay in front of others or to not fall behind.
"The company invests heavily in research to keep ahead of its competitors in the market."
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1975: Fyfe Robertson and the Aeroplane | Robbie | BBC Archive
BBC Archive · 2:34
But we must keep ahead of Uncle Sam.
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So, it has to keep ahead of what reality
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The Warning with Steve Schmidt · 11:11
to keep ahead of it because they're shoving, you know,