a/one step ahead of

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: better prepared than (someone or something)

The teacher really has to work to keep one step ahead of the class.

She always seems to be one step ahead of me.

: able to avoid being caught or found by (someone or something)

So far the killer has managed to stay one step ahead of the police/law.

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Despite his bribery and corruption being an open secret among 7th Fleet sailors, Francis was able to stay one step ahead of investigators for years, at one point bribing a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent to leak him details about criminal probes. —

Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 See all the photos from Entertainment Weekly's Gladiator II cover shoot Washington may have become one with his peers, but Macrinus is almost peerless — always one step ahead of his foes. —

Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Steve Granitz/WireImage According to Peter Adee, another Disney marketing veteran, Madonna was one step ahead of Rosenberg. —

Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 5 July 2024 With machine learning models, his team is uncovering insights into customer preferences and predicting emerging trends in pet care, enabling PetSmart to stay one step ahead of market needs. —

Peter High, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for a/one step ahead of

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