| lead(verb, rank, head, anticipate, surpass) |
| precede(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand) |
| antecede(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand) |
| go before(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate) |
| stay ahead |
| head up(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate) |
| outrank(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand) |
| rank(verb, lead, have, head, anticipate) |
| triumph(verb, top, head, succeed, win) |
| usher in(verb, expression, foreshow, antecede, preexist) |
| antedate(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage) |
| be ahead of(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow) |
| forerun(verb, lead, head, anticipate, stand) |
| go ahead |
| go in advance(verb, expression, idiom, lead, head) |
| harbinger(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow) |
| have a head start(expression, idiom, lead, head, anticipate) |
| head(verb, top, lead, anticipate, presage) |
| herald(verb, lead, head, anticipate, foreshow) |
| in space(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate) |