draw ahead

draw ahead

To pass someone or something, especially someone or something in motion. I knew I had a good chance to win the race when I drew ahead of the fastest girl in the heat.
See also: ahead, draw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

draw ahead (of someone or something )

to pull or move ahead of someone or something in motion. I drew ahead of the car in front of me. The horse I was racing against drew ahead.
See also: ahead, draw
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • better of
  • beware of
  • beware of (someone or something)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • begin with
  • begin with (someone or something)
  • bird has flown, the
  • be rough on (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
The skipper has led the new boys to the summit with two wins and a draw ahead of their trip to Stirling.
Even the introduction of Iraqi international Mohanad Ali in the 65th minute didn't make a difference to the fortunes of Rui Faria's men as they settled for a 1-1 draw ahead of making the short trip north to Al Sadd's Jassim bin Hamad Stadium for the return leg next week.
Aidy Boothroyd's kids were handed a tough draw ahead of next summer's showdown in Italy.
It's difficult to predict how we will cope with the missing stars but I reckon we'll at least draw ahead of a decider against Israel at Hampden on Tuesday.
Seventh-tier London-based Haringey Borough and Metropolitan Police are among the lowest teams left in the hat, alongside Hitchen Town - who are staging this evening's draw ahead of their fourth qualifying round replay with Leatherhead - and Warrington Town, who must overcome Halifax Town first before their place in the first round is assured.
Meanwhile, Alex Henry made a welcome return to competition by winning in the Open Single Scull and by showing particular determination in the Open Mixed Double Sculls final with crewmember Hannah Ferris to draw ahead of Evesham in the final few metres and win by just three feet.
At least, now, nobody will crib why he was given a wild card into the main draw ahead of Somdev Devvarman.
The 21-year-old has returned from an ankle injury and netted four times in Town's last three games, helping them to two wins and a draw ahead of Saturday's trip to Wolves.
"It's very positive that when we weren't having a great day we kept working hard," said the 29-year-old, reflecting on the 2-2 Ricoh draw ahead of Sunday's first ever trip to Burton Albion.
IFWECAN appears to have been done a favour by the handicapper and has a favourable draw ahead of the Chemique Adhesives Handicap at Wolverhampton.
But Harriers thoroughly deserved to go into this afternoon's fourth-round draw ahead of the replay at London Road on January 14.
Serena Williams will start as the No.1 seed in the women's draw ahead of Victoria Azarenka, with Agnieszka Radwanska, the beaten Wimbledon semi-finalist, starting as the third seed.
In the second quarter, Dragons made the best use of their mobile goal-attack Cara Moseley, leaving Cato as the long-range target time after time with the kind of success that saw them draw ahead 23-20 and 26-23.
Coral's David Stevens said: "England's victory wasn't as costly as it could have been as there was plenty of support for the draw ahead of the final day's play, following a forecast that predicted plenty of wet weather."
The manager bemoaned his side's bad luck so far this season with injuries and a difficult draw ahead of the game with four - times European champions Ajax, which is a must -win game for City if they are to qualify for the last 16.