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Definition: Pull Ahead |
Pull AheadVerb1. Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Pull AheadSynonyms: advance (v), gain (v), gain ground (v), get ahead (v), make headway (v), win (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: fall back (v). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pull ahead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | откъсвам се (break away, calve, fly off the handle, prescind, pull away, tear oneself away), отивам напред (pull away), изпреварвам (anticipate, forestall, get ahead of, head, lap, outrun, outsail, outstrip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | prendre la tête. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | sich absetzen (be deposited, break away, clear out, collect, contrast, defect, hive off, stand out, take off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | berraghtyn (catch, overtake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ullpay aheaday destacarse (show up, stand out). (various references) komma före. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-l-l-p-u" | |
-2 letters: paludal. | |
-3 letters: allude, aludel, alulae, hauled, hulled, paella, paleal, palled, pulled, upheld. | |
-4 letters: aahed, ahead, ahull, aleph, alpha, alula, duple, hadal, haled, ladle, lapel, lehua, padle, palea, paled, pedal, plead, puled. | |
-5 letters: alae, aped, auld, dahl, dale, deal, dell, dhal, dual, duel, dull, dupe, epha, hade, haed, hale, hall, haul, head, heal, heap, held. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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