dead ahead

dead ahead
dead ahead
straight ahead; directly ahead. •

Look out! There is a cow in the road dead ahead.

The farmer said that the town we were looking for was dead ahead.

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{adv.}, {informal} Exactly in front; before. * /The school is dead ahead about two miles from here./ * /Father was driving in a fog, and suddenly he saw another car dead ahead of him./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(said of the wind)


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