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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 181. The verb phrase today is to get
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ahead. Yeah. We have five meanings today and we'll give definitions and of course
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examples for each of these five meanings. Here's the first one to progress or
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advance in life. Okay. Many people still believe that you need a college
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education to get ahead in life. So to advance in life. So that's one of the
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ways that we use it. Or we have a second example for this one too. Some women
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complain of hitting a glass ceiling and no longer feel they can get ahead in
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their career. So if they hit that glass ceiling maybe that's their limits. They
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don't feel they can advance more beyond that. Okay. Good.
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Number two. Sometimes we just get head to simply mean to save money. I'm trying to
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put away money for a house but I cannot get ahead these days. Meaning I can't
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really save that money. They cut my hours at work and my expenses have been going
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up. So it's twofold going against her and she's not able to get ahead by saving
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money. All right number three. To move ahead of someone or something. So this is
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physically to get ahead of them. I'm trying to make this train, but I cannot get
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ahead of this class of small elementary students blocking the road. So he's just
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trying to pass them by maybe. He's trying to rush. He knows the trains about to
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leave and if they weren't there maybe he could run maybe could almost make it. But
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they're blocking his way. They're slowing him down. They're small children. He can't
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afford to run and he doesn't want to knock any of them down. So he's probably
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not going to make it. Because they are blocking his way. He cannot get ahead of
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them. Physically get ahead of them. Okay. Good. And let's see number four here. To
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do better or beat someone or something. And you know, we can get ahead of them that way.
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We are too many games behind the first-place team this late in the season.
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We don't have enough time left to get ahead of them. So to get into first place.
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Maybe they're running out of time. They can't get ahead of that. All right. Number
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five here. To take action before doing something or something is revealed or gets known. So
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you're trying to get ahead of like a story or get ahead of a report. That
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company tried to get ahead of the scandal about to be reported and do some
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damage control. So they start coming out and saying some things to try to defend
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themselves. Even before the story got reported. They tried to get ahead of the
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story. So to try to you know, lower it. You know, limit it.Try to do some damage
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control before it got out of control. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's
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clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.