get+ahead

  • 81get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 82get\ the\ go-ahead — • get the go ahead • the green light v. phr. To receive the permission or signal to start or to proceed. We had to wait until we got the go ahead on our research project …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 83get up — {v.} 1. To get out of bed. * /John s mother told him that it was time to get up./ 2. To stand up; get to your feet. * /A man should get up when a woman comes into the room./ 3. To prepare; get ready. * /Mary got up a picnic for her visitor./ *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 84get up — {v.} 1. To get out of bed. * /John s mother told him that it was time to get up./ 2. To stand up; get to your feet. * /A man should get up when a woman comes into the room./ 3. To prepare; get ready. * /Mary got up a picnic for her visitor./ *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 85get\ the\ green\ light — • get the go ahead • the green light v. phr. To receive the permission or signal to start or to proceed. We had to wait until we got the go ahead on our research project …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 86get along — [v1] make progress cope, develop, do, fare, flourish, get by*, get on*, make out, manage, muddle through*, prosper, shift, succeed, thrive; concepts 117,704 Ant. cease, halt, stop get along [v2] depart advance, be off, go, go away, leave, march,… …

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  • 87get\ the\ best\ of — • get the better of • get the best of v. phr. 1. To win over, beat; defeat. Our team got the best of the visitors in the last quarter. George got the better of Robert in a game of checkers. When the opposing player fouled John, John let his anger …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 88get\ the\ better\ of — • get the better of • get the best of v. phr. 1. To win over, beat; defeat. Our team got the best of the visitors in the last quarter. George got the better of Robert in a game of checkers. When the opposing player fouled John, John let his anger …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 89Get Up with It — Album par Miles Davis Sortie 1974 Enregistrement 6 septembre 1970 / 7 octobre 1974 Durée 123:52 Genre Jazz Producteur …

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  • 90get on your high horse — phrase to behave as if you know more or are better than anyone else Before he gets on his high horse, he should consider the consequences of not going ahead with this scheme. Thesaurus: to think you are importantsynonym Main entry: horse * * *… …

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