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in the lead

/ˌɪnðəˈliːd/

in the lead prepositional phrase: in first place in a contest, or parade.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) in first place in a contest, or parade.
    • Again we managed to pull ahead a bit each time we came together and by the first mark we rounded several boatslengths in the lead.1996, Russell Coutts, as told to Paul Larsen, Russell Coutts: Course to Victory, Hodder Moa Beckett, →ISBN, page 213

Questions about in the lead

What does in the lead mean?
In the lead means in first place in a contest, or parade.
What part of speech is in the lead?
In the lead is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce in the lead?
In the lead is pronounced /ˌɪnðəˈliːd/.

Words near in the lead in the dictionary

  1. in the interim
  2. in the know
  3. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  4. in the lap of the gods
  5. in the last analysis
  6. in the lead
  7. in the least
  8. in the light of
  9. in the limelight
  10. in the limit
  11. in the line of duty

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