ahead of the game

idiom

: in a position or situation in which one is likely to succeed, win, etc.

The company has stayed ahead of the game by meeting new government standards before they go into effect.

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Troy Smith gets ahead of the game and predicts 17 artists who could find their way onto next year’s ballot. —

cleveland, 9 Nov. 2022 Consumer financing incumbents, such as banks, and expert balance sheet lenders that can adopt this strategy in 2022 can potentially find themselves ahead of the game. —

Yaacov Martin, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Q’ai’s Emerging Tech Kit looks at a balance of stocks, ETFs and crypto using a sophisticated AI algorithm to stay ahead of the game. —

Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 Starting with a boxed cake mix gets you ahead of the game. —

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