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lead(verb, front, precede, ahead)
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outdistance(verb, lead, front, precede, ahead)
13
outride(verb, lead, front, precede, ahead)
13
overtake(verb, lead, front, precede, ahead)
11
give the dust(expression, idiom, lead, front, precede)
10
be ahead of the game(expression, idiom, lead, front, precede)
10
leave in the dust(expression, idiom, lead, front, precede)
10
take the lead in(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
9
make rings round(expression, idiom, lead, front, precede)
9
ride the fore-horse(expression, idiom, lead, front, precede)
8
assume the lead in(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
be beforehand with(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
be in advance(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
be in advance of(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
be in the lead(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
be one jump ahead of(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
come ahead of(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
get the jump on(expression, idiom, lead, front, precede)
8
have a head start(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
8
remain in front(expression, lead, front, precede, ahead)
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