pull ahead

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pull ahead (third-person singular simple present pulls ahead, present participle pulling ahead, simple past and past participle pulled ahead)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to move into a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition).
    After being neck-and-neck the whole race, Gibbs managed to pull ahead in the final lap.