get ahead of (English, verb)
expansion: get ahead of (third-person singular simple present gets ahead of, present participle getting ahead of, simple past got ahead of, past participle (UK) got ahead of or (US) gotten ahead of)
Senses:
glosses: To take preemptive action before a potential development becomes reality.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, ahead, of.
Forms:
form: gets ahead of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: getting ahead of
tags: participle
present
form: got ahead of
tags: past
form: got ahead of
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gotten ahead of
tags: US
participle
past