to make progress (further than others have done) :
She wants to get ahead in her career.
He soon got ahead of the others in his class.
to make progress (further than others have done) :
She wants to get ahead in her career.
He soon got ahead of the others in his class.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005