VERB | competition | pull ahead, gain, advance, win, make headway, get ahead, gain ground | obtain advantages, such as points, etc. |
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Meaning | Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | gain, advance, win, make headway, get ahead, gain ground | |
Narrower | score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
steal | Steal a base | |
Opposite | fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede | retreat |
Spanish | adelantarse, anticipar, avanzarse, avanzar, ganar, internarse | |
Catalan | anticipar, avançar-se, endinsar-se, guanyar, internar-se |
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