be ahead of the game
be ahead of the game
1. To be prepared for something ahead of schedule. For once, we got our Christmas decorations up right after Thanksgiving, so we're ahead of the game.
2. To learn something before other people do. I was ahead of the game because I heard that Greg would be promoted before it actually happened.
See also: ahead, game, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- go ahead with (something)
- get ahead
- remain ahead of (someone or something)
- see ahead
- lie ahead of
- lie ahead of (someone or something)
- walk ahead (of someone or something)
- walk ahead of
- forge
- forge ahead