get ahead

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get ahead
Adelantar , Hacer progresos , Abrirse camino

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get + ahead
(v.) = avanzar.
Ex: Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivaciĆ³n para la superaciĆ³n personal y para avanzar.
 
get-ahead
(adj.) = competitivo.
Ex: Some folks in the commercial world enjoy all the internal get-ahead mutual sniping and jealous backbiting and ambitious politicking that goes on in it.