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run ahead

run ahead verb: to use sidings to pass a different train.

Verb

run ahead (third-person singular simple present runs ahead, present participle running ahead, simple past ran ahead, past participle run ahead)

  1. To use sidings to pass a different train.
  2. To proceed beyond peers or beyond some limit.
    • The culture has run ahead of what people are comfortable with.
  3. (transitive) To execute (code) in advance, anticipating a likely upcoming need for the result.

Forms of run ahead

third-person singular presentruns ahead
present participlerunning ahead
pastran ahead
past participlerun ahead

Words formed from run ahead

Questions about run ahead

What does run ahead mean?
Run ahead means to use sidings to pass a different train.
What part of speech is run ahead?
Run ahead is a verb.
What is the past tense of run ahead?
The past tense of run ahead is ran ahead.

Words near run ahead in the dictionary

  1. run afoul
  2. run afoul of
  3. run after
  4. run against
  5. run aground
  6. run ahead
  7. run along
  8. run amok
  9. run amuck
  10. run an errand
  11. run and gun

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